Progress on the accelerator based SPES-BNCT project at INFN Legnaro

Journal Article · Mon Feb 12 04:00:00 EST 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2710554· OSTI ID:21054804

Esposito, J; Colautti, P; Pisent, A; Conte, V; Moro, D ^[1]; De Nardo, L ^[2]; Agosteo, S ^[3]; Jori, G ^[4]; Tinti, R ^[5]; Rosi, G ^[6]

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1. INFN-LNL, via Dell'Universita, 2 I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), (Italy)
2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Padova, via F. Marzolo, 8 I-35131 Padova (Italy)
3. Dipartimento di Ingeneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano, via Ponzio, 34/3 I-20133 Milan (Italy)
4. Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita' di Padova, via Ugo Bassi, 58/B I-35121 Padova (Italy)
5. ENEA - FIS-NUC, via Martiri di Monte Sole, 4 I-40129 Bologna (Italy)
6. ENEA - FIS-ION, Via Anguillarese, 301 I-00060 S. Maria di Galeria, Rome (Italy)

In the framework of an advanced Exotic Ion Beam facility, named SPES (Study and Production of Exotic Species), that will allow a frontier program both in nuclear and interdisciplinary physics, an intense thermal neutron beam facility, devoted to perform Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) experimental treatments on skin melanoma tumor, is currently under construction based on the SPES proton driver. A vast radiobiological investigation in vitro and in vivo has started with the new 10B carriers developed. Special microdosimetric detectors have been constructed to properly measure all the BNCT dose components and their qualities. Both microdosimetric and radiobiological measurements are being performed at the new HYTHOR beam shaping assembly at the Enea-Casaccia TAPIRO reactor.

• OSTI ID: 21054804
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 884; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
BEAM PRODUCTION
BEAM SHAPING
BORON 10
DOSIMETRY
IN VITRO
IN VIVO
ION BEAMS
MELANOMAS
NEUTRON BEAMS
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
NEUTRON SOURCES
SOLAR PROTONS
TAPIRO REACTOR
THERMAL NEUTRONS