Small commercial neutron sources and applications
- MF Physics Corp., Colorado Springs, CO (United States)
In the past, the primary application for small, accelerator-based neutron sources has been laboratory neutron activation analysis (NAA). Continued development of conventional NAA has been inhibited by the lack of availability of high-yield, low-cost neutron generators. New applications of small accelerator-based neutron sources have shifted to a broad range of applications involving in situ analysis. These applications were pioneered in the oil field service industry but are now spreading to diverse fields ranging from detection of buried land mines to in vivo analysis of body composition. This paper reviews some of these applications and discusses the characteristics of the small neutron generators that are suitable for use in in situ analysis.
- OSTI ID:
- 552674
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-971125-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 98:001880
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 77; Conference: 1997 American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 16-20 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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