A Comparison of Neutron Beams for BNCT

Conference · Sun Jun 17 04:00:00 EDT 2001

OSTI ID:786186

Blue, Thomas E; Woollard, Jeffrey E

The potential of the Ohio State University Research Reactor (OSURR) with a fission converter plate (FCP) for clinical boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is evaluated. The evaluation used design methods that were developed for the analysis of the OSU design of an accelerator-based neutron source (ABNS) for BNCT. The paper compares an FCP epithermal neutron beam, which is based on the OSURR, with the ABNS. Neutron and gamma-ray absorbed dose rates and the boron-10 specific absorbed dose rate were calculated. A major goal of the analysis was to determine if a 500-kW reactor with an FCP can produce a neutron field with sufficient intensity to allow a patient to be treated in an acceptable treatment time with adequate beam quality. The answer obtained was positive, provided that the patient is treated with at least four fractions. Although the quality of the neutron field for the FCP is slightly inferior to that of the ABNS, it was judged to be acceptable.

• Research Organization: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: None (US)
• OSTI ID: 786186
• Report Number(s): NONE; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ABSORBED DOSES
BORON 10
BORON-10
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DOSE RATES
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS
GAMMA RADIATION
NEUTRON BEAMS
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
NEUTRON FLUX
NEUTRON SOURCES
OHIO
OSUR REACTOR
RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RESEARCH REACTORS