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Abstract This study presents the effect of γ-sources on polyimide composites with WO2. Experimental studies on the influence of γ-radiation on the samples are carried out using 137Cs (E = 0.662 MeV) and 60Co (E = 1.252 MeV) sources. The measurements are carried out both under “narrow” geometry (without considering the scattered radiation) conditions and under the conditions of a “wide” (considering the scattered radiation) beam of photon radiation. We present the distributions of the absorbed dose of γ-quanta from sources without test samples and behind test samples of a certain thickness. It is shown that the introduction of the proposed WO2 filler at 60 wt% more than triples the linear attenuation coefficient of γ-radiation at E = 0.662 MeV and is 2.36 times larger at E = 1.252 MeV compared to the polyimide without filler. After γ-irradiation with a dose of up to 10 MGy (E = 1.152 MeV), no changes in the physicomechanical and electrical properties of the composites were observed. The flexural strength value before γ-irradiation was 88.52 ± 4.47 MPa, and after 89.8 ± 5.25 MPa. The dielectric constant of the composite before and after gamma irradiation remained unchanged (e = 7.6).