General Information

Serial #

15

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, SYNTHETIC & WOOD COMPONENTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

262.0 cm

Width

117.0 cm

Height

178.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

2404.1

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Radiology

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

AECL

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

Period

THIS MACHINE WAS USED C. 1957 TO C. 1968.

Canada

THIS COBALT THERAPY MACHINE WAS MFD BY AECL, A WORLD LEADER IN APPLYING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. AECL IS ALSO A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCE MATERIAL (RADIOISOTOPES) FOR THERAPY.

Function

TO DELIVER COBALT-60 (RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE OF COBALT) RADIATION, USED IN TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT TUMOURS.

Technical

COBALT BEAM THERAPY INVOLVES THE USE OF GAMMA RADIATION FROM A COBALT-60SOURCE MOUNTED IN A COBALT BOMB. THIS BOMB CONSISTS OF A QUANTITY OF COBALT-60 MOUNTED IN A LEAD WALLED HOUSING WITH A LEAD PLUG WHICH CAN BE REMOVED TO RELEASE A BEAM OF GAMMA RAYS. THESE RAYS ARE DIRECTED AT MALIGNANT TUMOUR SITES. THE "JUNIOR" MODEL WAS PRODUCED UNTIL 1961 & WAS VERY POPULAR: 137 UNITS WERE MFD. (S.I. NOTES)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate reads "MODEL NO. 6/ SERIAL NO. 15/ MANUFACTURED BY/ ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD/ COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION/ OTTAWA CANADA/ CANADIAN & US PATENTS PENDING/ VOLTAGE 110, HP 1/8, PHASE 1, FREQUENCY 60' AMPS 5". Raised silver lettering reading 'THERATRON/ JUNIOR/ ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA/ LIMITED".

Missing

UNKNOWN.

Finish

PAINTED MEDIUM GREEN ENAMEL; PLATED PARTS; BLACK SYNTHETIC CABLES.

Decoration

N/A