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1. Storage and dispatch container for radioactive miniature radiation sources arranged successively in a main body, comprising a main body with  a capillary tube ( 8 ) arranged therein to accommodate the sources of radiation ( 15 ), the main body having a lower end-piece ( 2 ) with a fluid-medium connection ( 4 ) and an upper end-piece ( 3 ) with an input/output opening ( 3 a ) for the radiation sources which is lockable by a self-actuated locking mechanism ( 10 ); and  a locking and opening device for loading and unloading the radiation sources from the container,  wherein the self-actuated locking mechanism ( 10 ) is a plunger which is structured to interact with an adapter to allow free access to the upper opening of the capillary tube. 2. The container according to  claim 1  wherein claim 1 the capillary tube ( 8 ) consists of quartz glass and the main body ( 1 ) of acrylic glass. 3. The container according to  claim 1  wherein claim 1 the lower end-piece ( 2 ) and the upper end-piece ( 3 ) consist of aluminum. 4. The container according to  claim 1  wherein claim 1 the radiation sources ( 15 ) in the capillary tube ( 8 ) are successively arranged end-to-end. 5. The container according to  claim 1  wherein claim 1 the cross-sections of the capillary tube ( 8 ) and the main body ( 1 ) are circular. 6. The container according to  claim 1  wherein claim 1 the internal diameter of the capillary tube ( 8 ) is continued in the lower end-piece ( 2 ) with a smaller diameter eccentric to the medium connection ( 4 ) and in the upper end-piece ( 3 ) with the same diameter to the input/output opening ( 3 a ). 7. The container according to  claim 1  wherein claim 1 the upper end-piece ( 3 ) can be sealed with a closure cap ( 13 ). 8. The container according to  claim 1  wherein claim 1 the main body ( 1 ) has level markings. 9. The container of  claim 1 , wherein the Locking and opening device comprises claim 1 a slide valve ( 18 ) arranged between a headpiece ( 16 ) and a cover ( 22 ), and a cut-off needle ( 26 ) which alternatively opens or blocks an input/output channel ( 23 ) in a neck ( 17 ) upon actuation of the slide valve ( 18 ). 10. The container according to  claim 9  wherein claim 9 the slide valve ( 18 ) has wings ( 18 a ,  18 b ) projecting from opposite sides of the headpiece ( 16 ) and cover ( 22 ) and which serve to actuate the slide valve ( 18 ). 11. The container according to  claim 9  wherein claim 9 the cut-off needle ( 26 ) is a cylindrical pin. 12. The container according to  claim 9  wherein claim 9 the headpiece ( 16 ), the cover ( 22 ) and the slide valve ( 18 ) possess a centralized opening into which the opening of a correspondingly designed container fits. 13. The container according to  claim 12  wherein claim 12 the opening in the slide valve ( 18 ) is oblong and of tapered form. 14. The container according to  claim 13  wherein claim 13 the taper is chamfered in the direction of the headpiece ( 16 ). 15. The container according to  claim 9  wherein claim 9 The neck ( 17 ) exhibits flutes in the main axis direction as well as a transverse drilling to accommodate the cut-off needle ( 26 ). 16. The container according to  claim 9  wherein claim 9 The headpiece ( 16 ) has an insertion opening ( 24 ) for a catheter adapter ( 20 ).