Location
- Radiation Physics Laboratory
- Estrada de San Lourenzo, 1, 15782Santiago de Compostela
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Email
- diego.gonzalez [at] usc.es
The gamma radiation beam in the Radiophysics Laboratory is generated by a cobalt-60 source installed in a Theratron 780 AECL therapy unit.
The unit has isocentric slew capability so that the beam can be fired in all directions contained in one plane.
The Theratron 780 can collimate the cross-section of the bundle into square or rectangular shapes.
The dose rate that can be delivered by this radioactive source to a point in a volume of a medium depends on the activity of the source, the composition of the medium, the location of the point within the volume, the location of the volume with respect to the source, and the cross-sectional area of the bundle. The cobalt-60 source had an activity of 5414 Ci in December 2012.
The minimum and maximum beam section sizes (irradiation area) can be adjusted between 1 cm x 1 cm and 240 cm x 240 cm depending on the distance to the source.
Radiophysics Laboratory
- Radiophysics Laboratory. Faculty of Physics
- Estrada de San Lourenzo, 1, 15782Santiago de Compostela