Moderator/collimator for a proton/deuteron linac to produce a high-intensity, high-quality thermal neutron beam for neutron radiography
- Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Reactor based high resolution neutron radiography facilities are able to deliver a well-collimated (L/D {ge}100) thermal flux of 10{sup 6} n/cm{sup 2}{center_dot}sec to an image plane. This is well in excess of that achievable with the present accelerator based systems such as sealed tube D-T sources, Van der Graaff`s, small cyclotrons, or low duty factor linacs. However, continuous wave linacs can accelerate tens of milliamperes of protons to 2.5 to 4 MeV. The MCNP code has been used to analyze target/moderator configurations that could be used with Argonne`s Continuous Wave Linac (ACWL). These analyses have shown that ACWL could be modified to generate a neutron beam that has a high intensity and is of high quality.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 90657
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/ED/CP-84984; CONF-9505251-1; ON: DE95013892; TRN: 95:017679
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1995 particle accelerator conference and interntional conference on high-energy accelerators, Dallas, TX (United States), 1-5 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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