Radioisotopes in production engineering

The advent of the nuclear reactor and the nuclear power programme has facilitated the production, cheaply and in large quantity, of radioisotopes. These are, at the moment, saving British industry over £3¿ million per annum, and this saving could be increased many times if their advantages were better appreciated. The Paper details some applications of isotopes to production engineering, and suggests further methods of value in this field. This Paper was presented to the Peterborough Section of The Institution of Production Engineers on 20th April, I960.