IAEA-TECDOC Ser. : Final report of a co-ordinated research Project 2001-2005

Radioactive sealed sources are used for a wide range of applications for industrial, medical and research purposes. This publication sets out the findings of a co-ordinated research project to examine procedures and methods for the fabrication and quality control of sealed sources based on Iodine-125, Palladium-103, Iridium-192 and Ytterbium-169, and involving experts from Belarus, China, Hungary, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Peru, Poland and the Russian Federation.