Radiation dosimetry for NCT facilities at the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor

Conference · Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:325742

Holden, N E; Hu, J P; Greenberg, D D; Reciniello, R N

Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (BMRR) is a 3 mega-watt (MW) heterogeneous, tank-type, light water cooled and moderated, graphite reflected reactor, which was designed for medical and biological studies and became operational in 1959. Over time, the BMRR was modified to provide thermal and epithermal neutron beams suitable for research studies. NCT studies have been performed at both the epithermal neutron irradiation facility (ENIF) on the east side of the BMRR reactor core and the thermal neutron irradiation facility (TNIF) on the west side of the core. Neutron and gamma-ray dosimetry performed from 1994 to the present in both facilities are described and the results are presented and discussed.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 325742
• Report Number(s): BNL-66002; CONF-980978-; ON: DE99001899; TRN: 99:003979
• Resource Relation: Conference: 8. international symposium on neutron capture therapy for cancer, La Jolla, CA (United States), 13-18 Sep 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BASIC STUDIES
MRR REACTOR
NEUTRON DOSIMETRY
EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS
GAMMA DOSIMETRY
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY