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The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal SESSION 1 COBALT-60 SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT AND IRRADIATORS The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal by Jens Baldeweg and Dr. Manfred Frenzel Company Profile 2

The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Pre-work How and where do we get access to Cobalt-60 sources as „raw“ material for our recycling process? Small sources from industrial users like level gauges, NDT companies Sources from research centers and universities Standard sized sources (11 x 451 mm) from industrial irradiation facilities Sources from medical users like cancer centers

The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Pre-work How do we collect sources from medical users? Dismantling of a teletherapy device and unloading of the Co-60 source into one of our special type B(U) container Technical solutions for nearly all existing types of devices combined with experienced staff Dangerous goods shipments from customer site to our Hot Cell

Theratron Gammatron Alcyon Picker The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Pre-work Teletherapy unit examples Theratron Gammatron Alcyon Picker

The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Pre-work How do we handle sources in the phase of interim storage? Visual inspection inside Hot Cell Wipe tests Interim storage until recycling process starts Dose rate measurements Certification tasks Authority reports 2 Hot Cell facilities, additional dry storage facilities and waterpool available

In Cobalt Supply and Disposal The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Cobalt-60 recycling Production of our R38 large format industrial source Source details: Diameter 38 mm Max. length 703 mm Max. activity 25.000 Ci / 925 TBq German special form certificate D/0083/S-96 (Rev.3) Co-60 Co-60

The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Cobalt-60 recycling Impressions during inside our source production Hot Cell in Berlin

The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Potential customers / users Some field examples of dry storage facilities

The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Potential customers / users Some field examples of dry storage facilities

The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Summary Why should we recycle Cobalt-60 sources? Reduce the number of disused sources Find a reasonable re-use Prolong the lifetime of existing sources by at least another 20 years Economize the activation of raw Cobalt Solutions for the end of life of a source Basics and licenses ISO 9001:2008 certified Y/1113/98, German Handling Licence T1/2493/12/0, Road shipping licence Z/2521/13/0, Working Licence to work at customer sites

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