An accelerator neutron source for BNCT

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5986300

Qu, Tanxia B ^[1]; Blue, T E; Vafai, K; Christensen, R N

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This is the progress report and proposed research objectives for the project entitled An Accelerator Neutron Source for BNCT.'' The progress report is for the time period from July 15, 1990 to date. The proposal is for the upcoming budget period from July 15, 1991 to July 14, 1992. The objectives of this project are to design and test the target assembly and the moderator assembly for accelerator based thermal and epithermal neutron sources for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. This report consists of three sections. Section 1 describes the neutronic design and testing of the thermal and epithermal neutron moderator assemblies. Section 2 describes the thermal-hydraulic design of a target assembly using a heat pipe. Section 3 describes the thermal-hydraulic design and testing of a target assembly using convective heat transfer with flowing D{sub 2}O as the method for target energy removal. Each section consists of two parts: a progress report and proposed research objectives for the upcoming year.

• Research Organization: Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-89ER60872
• OSTI ID: 5986300
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60872-2; ON: DE91011038
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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