Download or read book Design Construction and Demonstration of a Neutron Beamline and a Neutron Imaging Facility at a Mark I TRIGA Reactor written by Aaron E. Craft and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Design Construction and Characterization of a Fast Neutron Beam Port Facility at the University of Texas at Austin TRIGA Reactor written by Daniel Caldwell Barron and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast neutron irradiation facility has been designed, modeled, and constructed in the beam port 4 facility at The University of Texas at Austin’s TRIGA Mark-II Reactor. This facility targets the Watt-fission neutron spectrum in a controlled environment by reducing the present thermal and epithermal flux while preserving the fast neutron flux. The present facility will open new avenues in nuclear non-proliferation for fast-fission yields in addition to measuring radionuclide migration. The filter system was designed using MCNP and Solidworks and consists of a lead plug to stop gamma-rays, filter elements of natural boron and 96% enriched B10, collimation elements of borated polyethylene and natural boron, and an exit filter of boron nitride. A beam stop was constructed to reduce the ambient dose rate using borated paraffin wax, polyethylene, cadmium, and lead. Sensitivity studies were performed to configure an economic facility by optimizing the amounts and configurations of materials used in the filter. The filter is modular to allow for rearrangement of elements and the ability to change the materials used as needed should higher efficiencies be desired or a higher total flux. Initial results indicate the facility produces a 10 cm diameter beam with an integrated flux of 6.63x105 n/cm2/s at a reactor power of 950 kW and resembles the Watt-fission spectrum well with a slightly elevated epithermal neutron flux. The fast neutron flux above 0.1 MeV constitutes 98.77% of the total flux and the thermal neutron flux only 0.0014% of the total flux. STAYSL PNNL was used to unfold the neutron spectrum from 9 measurable reactions in 5 flux foils. Results suggest that the fast neutron flux is higher than anticipated in all STAYSL runs although the total flux is lower than anticipated.

Download or read book Design Construction and Characterization of an External Neutron Beam Facility at The Ohio State University Nuclear Reactor Laboratory written by Danyal J. Turkoglu and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The objective of this research was to bring a thermal neutron beam facility to the Ohio State University Nuclear Reactor Laboratory for the purposes of neutron-based research. The neutron beam is extracted from the reactor core through a neutron collimator emplaced in Beam Port #2, the radial beam port facing the core at a 30° angle. The collimator is an aluminum tube containing components designed to filter and shape the neutron beam. The filters are poly-crystalline bismuth (10.16 cm thickness, 12.7 cm diameter) for significantly reducing gamma ray content and single-crystal sapphire (12.7 cm thickness, 10.16 cm diameter) for preferentially passing thermal neutrons while scattering more energetic neutrons out of the beam. The thermal neutron beam is defined by multiple 3.0 cm diameter apertures in borated aluminum. Apertures in polyethylene-based disks and in Pb disks provide shielding for fast neutrons and gamma rays, respectively, in the neutron collimator. Characterization of the beam was performed using foil activation analysis to find the neutron flux and a low-cost digital neutron imaging apparatus to "see" the beam profile. The neutron collimator delivers the filtered thermal neutron beam with a 3.5 cm diameter umbra and a thermal neutron equivalent flux of (8.55 +̲ 0.19) x 106 cm−2s−1 at 450 kW reactor power (90% of rated limit) to the sample location. The beam is highly thermalized with a cadmium ratio of 266 +̲ 13. The facility was designed for neutron depth profiling, a nondestructive analytical technique for finding the concentration versus depth in the near surface (tens of microns) for isotopes that undergo charged particle emitting reactions, such as 10B(n, 4He)7Li, 6Li (n, 3H)4He, and 3He (n, 1H)3H, to name a few.

Download or read book Neutron Flux and Spectra Measurements in the Void Tank of the TRIGA Mark F Reactor written by K. C. Humpherys and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Technical Specifications for the Neutron Radiography Facility TRIGA Mark 1 Reactor Revision 6 written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Technical Specifications state the limits under which the Neutron Radiography Facility, with its associated TRIGA Mark I Reactor, is operated by the Westinghouse Hanford Company for the US Department of Energy. These specifications cover operation of the Facility for the purpose of examination of specimens (including contained fissile material) by neutron radiography, for the irradiation of specimens in the pneumatic transfer system and approved in-core or in-pool irradiation facilities and operator training. The Final Safety Analysis Report (TC-344) and its supplements, and these Technical Specifications are the basic safety documents of the Neutron Radiography Facility.

Download or read book Design Development Characterization and Application of a New Neutron Imaging Facility at the Penn State Breazeale Reactor written by Alibek Kenges and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neutron imaging is a powerful tool in the field of non-destructive testing that utilizes unique attenuation properties of neutrons allowing through-images of some high-density objects. The Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) has had a neutron imaging facility for the last several decades. With the installation of a new core moderator assembly and new beam ports at the RSEC -- the Penn State Breazeale Reactor (PSBR) in 2018, a dedicated neutron beam port became available for a new neutron imaging facility at RSEC (RSEC -- NIF). The initial design of the beam port designated for the RSEC -- NIF was of divergent type that needed to be upgraded by means of collimator components and filters. After a thorough investigation of existing neutron imaging facilities around the world, it has been decided to collimate the beam port with convergent and divergent collimators and to filter the gamma and neutron content with the single crystal bismuth and sapphire filters. A set of system characterization experiments were conducted at the RSEC -- NIF that confirmed the system's correspondence to a Category I facility by ASTM standards. In addition to that, the collimation ratio of the new system was measured following the procedures given in the ASTM protocols and resulted in the effective L/D ratio value between 107 and 115. The thermal flux across the exit surface from the beam port at the biological shield was measured to be equal to 5.4E+06 n/cm^2-s at 1MWth reactor power. The application of the RSEC -- NIF's capabilities in neutron radiography (NR) and tomography (NT) techniques were demonstrated imaging different types of environmental samples for the presence and visualization of microplastic particles. Preliminary results of NT experiments conducted at the RSEC -- NIF have shown that this technique can be used as an intermediary step to visualize the content and spatial distribution of microplastics in the sand columns. Additionally, the NR capabilities of the RSEC -- NIF were utilized to visualize the microplastic particles in the sediment samples and used water filters. All obtained results and the continuation of research in this direction can potentially shed some light in the general research of microplastic transport mechanisms in different terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Download or read book The Design and Construction of a Cold Neutron Source for Use in the Cornell University Triga Reactor written by Lydia Jane Young and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Neutron Beam Design Development and Performance for Neutron Capture Therapy written by Otto K. Harling and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this Workshop, the organizers have attempted to invite experts from all known centers which are engaged in neutron beam development for neutron capture therapy. The Workshop was designed around a series of nineteen invited papers which dealt with neutron source design and development and beam characterization and performance. Emphasis was placed on epithermal beams because they offer clinical advantages and are more challenging to implement than thermal beams. Fission reactor sources were the basis for the majority of the papers; however three papers dealt with accelerator neutron sources. An additional three invited papers provided a summary of clinical results of Ncr therapy in Japan between 1968 and 1989 and overviews of clinical considerations for neutron capture therapy and of the status of tumor targeting chemical agents for Ncr. Five contributed poster papers dealing with NCT beam design and performance were also presented. A rapporteurs' paper was prepared after the Workshop to attempt to summarize the major aspects, issues, and conclusions which resulted from this Workshop. Many people contributed to both the smooth functioning of the Workshop and to the preparation of these proceedings. Special thanks are reserved for Ms. Dorothy K.

Download or read book The Development and Demonstration of a Thermal Neutron Radiography Facility Utilizing the TAMU NSC TRIGA Reactor written by Robert Wayne Lorenz and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Analysis and Design of an Improved Neutron Radiography Facility at the M I T Research Reactor written by Robert Henry Smith and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Neutron Radiography at the NRAD Facility written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NRAD facility uses a 150 kW TRIGA reactor as a source of neutrons and is integrated with a hot cell such that highly radioactive specimens can be radiographed without removing them from the hot cell environment. A second beam tube is located in a separate shielded addition to HFEF and permits neutron radiography of irradiated or unirradiated specimens without subjecting them to the alpha-contaminated hot cell environment. Both beams are optimized for neutron radiography of highly radioactive nuclear fuels. Techniques for using these facilities are described. Advantages include: the ability to perform thermal and epithermal neutron radiography on specimens either inside or outside the hot cell, lack of competition for the use of the reactor, versatility of facility design, and the addition of neutron tomography. (LEW).

Download or read book Neutron Capture Therapy written by Wolfgang A.G. Sauerwein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neutron capture therapy (NCT) is based on the ability of the non-radioactive isotope boron-10 to capture thermal neutrons with very high probability and immediately to release heavy particles with a path length of one cell diameter, which in principle allows for tumor cell-selective high-LET particle radiotherapy. This book provides a comprehensive summary of the progress made in NCT in recent years. Individual sections cover all important aspects, including neutron sources, boron chemistry, drugs for NCT, dosimetry, and radiation biology. The use of NCT in a variety of malignancies and also some non-malignant diseases is extensively discussed. NCT is clearly shown to be a promising modality at the threshold of wider clinical application. All of the chapters are written by experienced specialists in language that will be readily understood by all participating disciplines.

Download or read book Design and Demonstration of a Neutron Radiography Unit at the North Carolina State University PULSTAR Reactor written by Bruce Anthony Morgen and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Design Development and Applications of a Low cost Dynamic Neutron Radiography System Utilizing the TAMU NSC TRIGA Reactor written by Scott Patrick Midgett and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The NIST Neutron Facility written by Ivan Amato and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Measurements at Beam Hole HB 2 of the Oak Ridge Research Reactor for South Facility Movable Shield Design Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thermal Neutron Beam Design for Triga Reactor at Berkeley Campus written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: