Gamma irradiation facilities OB20 and OB34
- Cs-137 and Co-60 source
- Traceability to primary standards
- Calibration and legal verification of dose and dose rate meters
- Irradiation of materials and dosimeters
![OB34](/sites/default/files/styles/primer_teaser_grid_16_9_scale_md/public/2023-04/OB34.jpg.webp?itok=tpvgxKP4)
![OB20](/sites/default/files/styles/primer_teaser_grid_16_9_scale_md/public/2023-04/OB20.jpg.webp?itok=g4XIMz4c)
Dose rate range: | 150 nSv/h to Sv/h |
Measured quantities: | H*(10), Hp(10), Hp(0.07), Ka |
Expanded uncertainties (k=2): | approx. ±4% to ±5% |
X-ray irradiation facility
- 320 kV X-ray facility
- Traceability to primary standards
- Calibration of dose and dose rate meters
- Irradiation of materials and dosimeters
![Röntgen](/sites/default/files/styles/primer_full_image_xxl/public/2024-06/roentgen_1.jpg.webp?itok=_rcrVzsZ)
Reference spectrum according to ISO-4037 (2019): | Narrow Series, N-15 bis N-300 |
Maximum dose rate depending on beam quality: | 2 mSv/h to approx. 130 mSv/h (Hp(10)) |
Measured quantities: | H*(10), Hp(10), Hp(0.07), Ka |
Expanded uncertainties (k=2: | approx. ±4% to ±5% |
Neutron irradiation facilities
- 252Cf, 252Cf (D20-moderated) and 241Am-Be
- Traceability to primary standards
- Calibration of dose and dose rate meters
- Irradiation of materials and dosimeters
![AmBeCf](/sites/default/files/styles/primer_full_image_xxl/public/2023-04/AmBeCf.jpg.webp?itok=fGr0GYJq)
Dose rate range: | 20 µSv/h to 1 mSv/h |
Measured quantities: | H*(10), Hp(10) |
Expanded uncertainty (k=2): | approx. ±7% to ±10% |
Wide area reference sources
- Alpha (241Am), beta (14C, 99Tc, 36Cl, 90Sr/90Y), and gamma (55Fe, 129I, 57Co, 137Cs, 60Co) large area reference sources certified for surface emission rates.
- Determination of calibration factors for about 200 nuclides
- Expanded uncertainties (k=2) from ±5% - ±10%.
- Calibration of surface contamination measuring instruments according to the method described in the standard ISO-7503-3, Annex A
![OKM](/sites/default/files/styles/primer_full_image_xxl/public/2023-04/OKM.jpg.webp?itok=m1irQt4y)
Whole body and thyroid phantoms
- Phantoms for calibration of triage and incorporation monitors
![Phantom_SD](/sites/default/files/styles/primer_teaser_grid_16_9_scale_md/public/2023-04/Phantom_SD%20kleiner.jpg.webp?itok=2NxHBqln)
![Phantom_IGOR](/sites/default/files/styles/primer_teaser_grid_16_9_scale_md/public/2023-04/Phantom_IGOR%20kleiner.jpg.webp?itok=NcrOPaqc)