Important Radionuclides in RDDs, the Source, and Maximum Radioactivity for the Source
| Maximum radioactivity for source | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radionuclide | Source | Becquerels | Curies |
| 60Co | Medical therapeutics, industrial radiography, and food irradiation | 3.7 × 1015–2.96 × 1017 | 100,000–8,000,000 |
| 137Cs | Medical diagnostics and therapeutics, blood irradiation to kill antibodies before transfusion, industrial radiography, and food irradiation | 3.7 × 1014–9.25 × 1015 | 10,000–250,000 |
| 192Ir | Medical therapeutics and industrial radiography | 3.7 × 1013 | 1,000 |
| 241Am | Industrial radiography | 7.4 × 1011 | 20 |
Data are from (11–14).