Feasibility for the setting up of a multipurpose food irradiation facility in Senegal.
Diop Y., Marchioni E., Kuntz F., Ba D., Hasselmann C.
Author Affiliation: Département des Sciences de l'Aliment, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Louis Pasteur, 74, route du Rhin-BP 24, F-67401 Illkirch Cedex, France.
International Atomic Energy Agency Technical Documents (IAEA-TECDOCs) : 47-60
Abstract : The setting up of a cobalt-60 (activity 500 kCi) irradiation facility in the highest populated region of Senegal (Dakar district) to treat a wide range of foodstuffs for local consumption (millet/sorghum, rice, maize, cowpeas, potatoes, onions, mangoes, citrus fruits and dried fishes) is discussed. This enterprise is considered profitable for a private investor or a Senegalese food producer (or trader), provided that the tonnage of foodstuffs treated is adequate, i.e. more than 22?000 tonnes × kGy (total tonnage above 77?000), taking into account the irradiation doses used for the various foodstuffs.