| Literature DB >> 19375334 |
J Esposito1, P Colautti, S Fabritsiev, A Gervash, R Giniyatulin, V N Lomasov, A Makhankov, I Mazul, A Pisent, A Pokrovsky, M Rumyantsev, V Tanchuk, L Tecchio.
Abstract
An accelerator-driven thermal neutron source for BNCT, planned to be installed at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL), is in progress in the framework of the SPES (selective production of exotic species) research program. The most critical element of such a facility is the construction of a reliable neutron converter based on the (9)Be(p,xn) nuclear reaction, working at a high power level (150 kW) and 5 MeV beam energy, due to the SPES driver constraints. Two original, beryllium-based, target concepts have been designed for such a purpose. The present status of the neutron converter, as well as the test results performed so far on prototypes constructed, is reported here.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19375334 DOI： 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.085
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Radiat Isot ISSN： 0969-8043 Impact factor: 1.513