Collaborative Physical and Biological Dosimetry Studies for Neutron Capture Therapy at the RA-1 Research Reactor Facility

Conference · Mon Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:840298

Nigg, D W; Schwint, A E; Hartwell, J K; Heber, E M; Trivillin, V; Castillo, J; Wentzeis, L; Sloan, P; Wemple, C A

Initial physical dosimetry measurements have been completed using activation spectrometry and thermoluminiscent dosimeters to characterize the BNCT irradiation facility developed at the RA-1 research reactor operated by the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission in Buenos Aires. Some biological scoping irradiations have also been completed using a small-animal (hamster) oral mucosa tumor model. Results indicate that the RA-1 neutron source produces useful dose rates but that some improvements in the initial configuration will be needed to optimize the spectrum for thermal-neutron BNCT research applications.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Centro Atomico Constituyentes, Buenos Aires (AR); University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nonproliferation and National Security (NN) (US)
• OSTI ID: 840298
• Resource Relation: Conference: Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium (ANES 2004), Miami, FL (US), 10/03/2004--10/06/2004; Other Information: PBD: 4 Oct 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
CONFIGURATION
DOSE RATES
DOSEMETERS
DOSIMETRY
IRRADIATION
MUCOUS MEMBRANES
NEOPLASMS
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
NEUTRON SOURCES
NUCLEAR ENERGY
RESEARCH REACTORS
SPECTROSCOPY
BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
RA-1 RESEARCH REACTOR