An Optimized Epithermal Neutron Beam for Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT) at the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (BMRR)

Conference · Sun May 31 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Progress in Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3384-9_1· OSTI ID:6007950

Fairchild, R. G. ^[1]; Benary, V. ^[2]; Kalef-Ezra, J. ^[3]; Saraf, S. K. ^[1]; Brugger, R. M. ^[4]; Shih, A. ^[4]; Gahbauer, R. A. ^[5]; Goodman, J. H. ^[5]; Laster, B. H. ^[6]; Gajewski, J. ^[7]; Ramsay, E. B. ^[7]; Reinstein, L. E. ^[7]; Fiarman, S. ^[1]; Kamen, Y. ^[1]

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1. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
2. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel)
3. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Ioannina (Greece)
4. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
5. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
6. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States)
7. State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States)

The first clinical trials of NCT were initiated at Brookhaven in 1951, using the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR). Subsequently, the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (BMRR) was built primarily for clinical applications of NCT, with an improved beam extraction facility providing flexibility for future development of filters/moderators for NCT. This flexibility was exploited to provide an optimized epithermal neutron beam which was recently installed and tested in the east irradiation facility (shutter) of the BMRR.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6007950
• Report Number(s): BNL--45809; CONF-901226--1; ON: DE91009470; ISBN: 978-0-306-44104-2
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Progress in Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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