A NEW SINGLE-CRYSTAL FILTERED THERMAL NEUTRON SOURCE FOR NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Conference · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:940048

Brockman, John D; Nigg, David W; Hawthorne, M Frederick

Parameter studies, design calculations and initial neutronic performance measurements have been completed for a new thermal neutron beamline to be used for neutron capture therapy cell and small-animal radiobiology studies at the University of Missouri Research Reactor. The beamline features the use of single-crystal silicon and bismuth sections for neutron filtering and for reduction of incident gamma radiation. The calculated and measured thermal neutron flux produced at the irradiation location is on the order of 9.5x108 neutrons/cm2-s, with a measured cadmium ratio (Au foils) of 105, indicating a well-thermalized spectrum.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - NE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-99ID-13727
• OSTI ID: 940048
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-07-13340; TRN: US200823%%580
• Resource Relation: Conference: PHYSOR'08 International Conference on the Physics of Reactors Nuclear Power: A Sustainable Resource,Interlaken Switzelrand,09/14/2008,09/19/2008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BISMUTH
CADMIUM
DESIGN
GAMMA RADIATION
IRRADIATION
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR POWER
PERFORMANCE
PHYSICS
RADIOBIOLOGY
RESEARCH REACTORS
SILICON
THERMAL NEUTRONS
BNCT
DNA
Nuetron Capture Therapy