FEASIBILITY FOR THE SETTING UP OF A MULTIPURPOSE FOOD IRRADIATION FACILITY IN SENEGAL

Authors
DIOP Y MARCHIONI E KUNTZ F BA D HASSELMANN C
Citation
Y. Diop et al., FEASIBILITY FOR THE SETTING UP OF A MULTIPURPOSE FOOD IRRADIATION FACILITY IN SENEGAL, Radiation physics and chemistry, 49(2), 1997, pp. 265-274
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Radiation physics and chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0969806X
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
265 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-806X(1997)49:2<265:FFTSUO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The setting up of a cobalt 60 (activity 300 kCi) irradiation facility in the highest populated region of Senegal (Dakar district), to treat a wide range of foodstuffs destined for local consumption, can be cons idered as immediately profitable for a private investor and a Senegale se food producer (or trader), on the condition that the annual tonnage of foodstuffs treated is adequate, more than 20,000 t kGy(-1), i.e. a total tonnage of above 115,000 t, taking into account the irradiation doses used for the various foodstuffs. Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Sc ience Ltd