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Undoped and CoO-doped three binary glass systems, namely sodium borate, sodium silicate and sodium phosphate glasses were prepared by the melt annealing technique. Combined optical and FTIR spectral studies were carried out for the prepared samples before and after being subjected to a gamma dose of 8 Mrad (8 × 10⁴ Gy). Optical spectra of the undoped samples before irradiation reveal strong UV absorption varying in depth with the type of glass and such strong UV spectra are related to the presence of unavoidable trace iron impurities within the raw materials used for the preparation of these three basic glasses. CoO-doped (0.25%) glasses show additional visible absorption spectra which are related to the existence of cobalt in the divalent state (Co)²⁺ ions which are present in two coordination states, namely the octahedral and tetrahedral forms. The broad visible band of Co²⁺ ions shows in some …