US Department of Energy Reports on November 10: NNSA and Brazilian Partners Removed a Cesium-137 Source From a Manaus Hospital, the Eighth International Removal in Three Years
Manaus, Brazil — The US Department of Energy said on November 10 that the National Nuclear Security Administration worked with Brazilian partners to successfully remove a cesium-137 source from a hospital in Manaus, Brazil. The department described the operation as eliminating a high-risk radioactive source.
The source and the operation
The department said the operation targeted a cesium-137 source previously used in a blood irradiator at the Amazonas Hematology and Hemotherapy Hospital Foundation, known as HEMOAM.
In September, a team from NNSA Y-12 National Security Complex worked alongside Brazilian partners to safely disassemble, package and transport the radiological materials, the department said. Following removal, the cesium-137 source was secured in a radioactive-material shipping container and transported out of Manaus.
Place in the programme
The department said the Brazil operation marks NNSA's eighth international radioactive-source removal in the last three years.
The release gave no activity figure for the source. The facts and figures in this report follow the department release dated November 10.
来源链接： https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-removes-high-risk-material-brazil-strengthening-american-and-global-security
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