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The results of sterilization of mail in typical packages using 60Co γ rays with average energy 1.33 MeV and in an electron accelerator with electron energy 9 MeV are presented.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 63–68, January, 2005.
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Zinov’ev, O.A., Skobkin, V.S., Lobanov, N.S. et al. Radiation sterilization of mail. At Energy 100, 67–71 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-006-0051-2
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