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Title: Reactor physics design for an epithermal neutron beam at the power burst reactor facility

Abstract

An epithermal neutron beam facility has been designed for the Power Burst reactor Facility (PBF). The beam will have a broadband epithermal (1.0 eV - 10 keV) spectrum with extraordinary intensity and collimation with minimum fast neutron and gamma contamination. The PBF reactor is located at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) near Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA. This facility has fulfilled its mission in the light-water reactor safety program and is currently on standby status. The PBF reactor core is situated in an open water-filled tank with a closed-loop coolant system. For BNCT, the core would operate at a steady-state thermal power of 20 MW. The core has a very high metal-to-water ratio which results in an intermediate-energy spectrum and is ideally suited for delivering an intense beam of epithermal neutrons. 7 refs., 3 figs.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6427393
Report Number(s):
EGG-M-88037; CONF-8805150-10
ON: DE89005172
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-76ID01570
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 4. international conference on neutron capture therapy, Bremen, F.R. Germany, 31 May 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; PBF REACTOR; REACTOR PHYSICS; B CODES; DESIGN; LITHIUM; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; P CODES; R CODES; REACTOR CORES; T CODES; ALKALI METALS; BEAMS; COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTS; MEDICINE; METALS; NEUTRON THERAPY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHYSICS; PULSED REACTORS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; THERAPY; 220600* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Research, Test & Experimental Reactors; 550603 - Medicine- External Radiation in Therapy- (1980-); 220100 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Theory & Calculation

Citation Formats

Wheeler, F J, Rushton, B L, Parsons, D K, and Nigg, D W. Reactor physics design for an epithermal neutron beam at the power burst reactor facility. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Wheeler, F J, Rushton, B L, Parsons, D K, & Nigg, D W. Reactor physics design for an epithermal neutron beam at the power burst reactor facility. United States.
Wheeler, F J, Rushton, B L, Parsons, D K, and Nigg, D W. 1988. "Reactor physics design for an epithermal neutron beam at the power burst reactor facility". United States.
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abstractNote = {An epithermal neutron beam facility has been designed for the Power Burst reactor Facility (PBF). The beam will have a broadband epithermal (1.0 eV - 10 keV) spectrum with extraordinary intensity and collimation with minimum fast neutron and gamma contamination. The PBF reactor is located at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) near Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA. This facility has fulfilled its mission in the light-water reactor safety program and is currently on standby status. The PBF reactor core is situated in an open water-filled tank with a closed-loop coolant system. For BNCT, the core would operate at a steady-state thermal power of 20 MW. The core has a very high metal-to-water ratio which results in an intermediate-energy spectrum and is ideally suited for delivering an intense beam of epithermal neutrons. 7 refs., 3 figs.},
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year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
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