title: Economics of electron beam accelerators.
abstract: Capital and operating costs for high-energy and high-power 10-MeV electron linear accelerators are presented in this article. These are compared with those for gamma-irradiation sterilization using cobalt 60. Medical sterilization processing costs for electron-beam and gamma-irradiation methods are derived as a function of plant utilization and capacity.
authors.affiliation: Technical Systems Ltd., Reading, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cracknell
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D010315:Particle Accelerators / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation