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OBJECT TYPE
RADIOACTIVE
DATE
Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0795.008
MANUFACTURER
Picker Nuclear
MODEL
VARIOUS
LOCATION
White Plains, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
8
Total Parts
15
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
GLASS, METAL AND SYNTHETIC CONTAINERS AND COMPONENTS; LIQUID AND SOLID RADIOACTIVE SOURCES OF UNKNOWN COMPOSITION.

Dimensions

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

Length
8.9 cm
Width
N/A
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
1.3 cm
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Physics
Category
Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Picker
Country
United States of America
State/Province
New York
City
White Plains

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Quebec
Period
THESE SOURCES USED MID-1960S- 1970S.
Canada
USED IN MONTREAL, PQ MEDICAL PRACTICE OF DR. ROGER GHYS TO REGULATE RADIATION DOSES TO BE GIVEN TO HIS PATIENTS AND AS STANDARDS FOR MEASURING RADIOACTIVITY IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROCEDURES. IN CANADA RESEARCH ON TREATMENT OF CANCER USING RADIATION HAS BEEN A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (AECL) AND THEY NOW SUPPLY A LARGE PORTION OF THE WORLD'S RADIATION SAMPLES FOR THIS PURPOSE. (REF. 1)
Function
USED TO CALIBRATE EQUIPMENT.
Technical
ESSENTIAL PART OF PROCESS TO MEASURE AND CONTROL THE USE OF MICRORADIATION SOURCES FOR BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT AND BENIGN TUMOURS.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Opaque synthetic cylinder has blue cap. "PICKER/ nuclear" printed in green on front; "Co/60 / 658-135" stamped into end./ .8-.12PT case White synthetic case has label taped to top, reading " PICKER/ nuclear/ 658130/ UNCALIBRATED GAMMA/ WELL SOURCES ".
Missing
From CA of 02/26/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish
Unknown
Decoration
N/A

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