{"id":16037,"date":"2017-05-16T16:21:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ionisos.com\/?page_id=16037\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:16:57","slug":"gamma-rays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ionisos.com\/en\/our-activities\/gamma-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamma treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row bg_image=&#8221;15639&#8243; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;100&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<h1 class=\"headline font-special fontsize-xxxl fontweight-inherit lh-inherit align-center transform-uppercase \" style=\"margin: 0;\"><strong>Gamma<\/strong> treatment<\/h1>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Abel; font-size: 25px;\">The ionization process used in the facility consists of <strong>exposing the products to be treated to gamma radiation<\/strong> emitted by a Cobalt-60 source for a limited duration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"video-embed  wpb_content_element\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ionisos - Technologie par rayonnement gamma\" width=\"1161\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lNILZl7pia0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The photons emitted have two energy levels: <strong>1.17 and 1.33 MeV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These gamma rays enable the <strong>sterilization of medical equipment, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products.<\/strong> The source is permanently in the treatment position, i.e., held in the air in the treatment cell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An automatic system feeds the products into the irradiation cell, then passes them in front of the radiation source according to a defined circuit and at an appropriate speed, before removing them from the cell.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"minti_list wpb_content_element color-accent plus\" style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">La dose absorb\u00e9e (par une partie donn\u00e9e de la balancelle quelle que soit sa position dans l\u2019ionisateur) d\u00e9pend essentiellement des facteurs suivants :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>l\u2019activit\u00e9 et la configuration de la source,<\/li>\n<li>la distance entre la source et la balancelle,<\/li>\n<li>la dur\u00e9e d\u2019irradiation,<\/li>\n<li>la composition et la densit\u00e9 des mat\u00e9riaux.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height: 80px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Abel;\"><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">Our gamma treatment sites<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height: 30px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ionisos.com\/en\/our-sites\/dagneux\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button custom full \" style=\"background-color: #5996d1; border-color: #5996d1;border-radius: 2px;\"><strong>DAGNEUX<\/strong><br \/>\nFrance<\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ionisos.com\/en\/our-sites\/pouzauges\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button custom full \" style=\"background-color: #5996d1; border-color: #5996d1;border-radius: 2px;\"><strong>POUZAUGES<\/strong><br \/>\nFrance<\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ionisos.com\/en\/our-sites\/sable-sur-sarthe\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button custom full \" style=\"background-color: #5996d1; border-color: #5996d1;border-radius: 2px;\"><strong>SABLE-SUR-SARTHE<\/strong><br \/>\nFrance<\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ionisos.com\/en\/our-sites\/tallinn\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button custom full \" style=\"background-color: #5996d1; border-color: #5996d1;border-radius: 2px;\"><strong>TALLINN<\/strong><br \/>\nEstonia<\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=&#8221;#0b2677&#8243; 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