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Can an accident at a gamma irradiation facility lead to meltdown of the irradiator and release of radioactivity that would contaminate the environment and endanger people living nearby?

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Can an accident at a gamma irradiation facility lead to meltdown of the irradiator and release of radioactivity that would contaminate the environment and endanger people living nearby?

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No. It is impossible for a melt down to occur in a gamma irradiator. A radiation facility cannot explode due to Cobalt-60. Also no environmental contamination due to leakage of radioactivity can occur because the radioisotope is doubly encapsulated in stainless steel tubes.