Cores of production: Reactors and radioisotopes in France
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Adamson, MatthewEditorial
Universidad de Granada
Materia
Radioisótopos Investigación de reactors Comisariado para la Energía Atómica Sistemas tecnológicos Programas atómicos Radioisotopes Research reactors Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Technological system Atomic programmes
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2009Referencia bibliográfica
Adamson, Matthew. «Cores of production : reactors and radioisotopes in France». Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam, 2009, Vol. 29, p. 261-284, https://raco.cat/index.php/Dynamis/article/view/136837.
Resumen
This paper concerns the technologies used in radioisotope production in the
French Atomic Energy Commission (the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique) between 1946
and 1958. Particular attention is given to the various instruments used for the bombardment
of isotopes, including accelerators and reactors, and their relationship with the CEA’s radioisotope
preparation laboratories. Ultimately, the vast majority of bombardments took place in
research reactors. These versatile machines, and the isotopes and other materials that passed
through them, act as historical tracers: they shed light on the orientation of the entire atomic
system in which radioisotope production is found.