Just a question re high power xray

[klystronman]

i was checking out the web and ran across an experiment in Siberia that had a grant.
the experiment was a 300 kw electron beam at 5 MeV for efficient conversion to xray.
to me this has such an interesting use for industry both electron beam and xray. if it had a 10% efficiency on power used FOR XRAY.

WOULD IT BE CHEAPER TO OPERATE THAN A COBALT FACILITY?

 

[dlgoff]

Cobalt is not an x-ray source.

Cobalt-60 undergoes radioactive decay with the emission of beta particles and strong gamma radiation.

http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/radionuclides/cobalt.html"

 

[klystronman]

here is an example of what i would think it could replace

http://www.hawaii-county.com/bigislandag/phtsupport.html

thanks

 

[klystronman]

check out beam one

check out beam one

http://www.beam-one.com/

select electron beam technology then how it works

wait for the animation to start in the black box

this is electron beam for industry

if you add an xray converter to this you have a low power xray source

ion beam accelerators are big on this technology