In 1992 Amersham International pie. and NUKEM GmbH agreed to cooperate
in the field of industrial gamma irradiation plants. Consequently the
brand ''PURIDEC'' was founded, to handle the common business worldwid
e. Amersham Int. pie. has been a leading company in manufacturing and
transport of Co60 sources for more than 30 years while NUKEM looks bac
k to three decades of experience in engineering and realization of nuc
lear plants and installations. Based on this vast experience a range o
f industrial irradiation plants has been developed that satisfies the
individual demands of our customers. This paper gives an overview of P
URIDEC's range of plants including those with dry and twin pool source
storage.