A dose-limiting component of a proton accelerator-based source of epithermal neutrons is the neutron production target. Possible targets are lithium, producing high yield but having low melting point and thermal conductivity, and beryllium, presenting less engineering problems but a much smaller neutron yield. We propose that a hybrid Be-Li target would provide the best of both worlds, with the...

A new analysis of the Lunar Prospector epithermal neutron data is presented, providing an improved map of the distribution of hydrogen near to the lunar poles. This is achieved using a specially developed pixon image reconstruction algorithm to deconvolve the instrumental response of the Lunar Prospector’s neutron spectrometer from the observed data, while simultaneously suppressing the statist...

At INFN LNL (Legnaro Italy) it has been built a high intensity Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) structure, able to produce a 5 MeV proton beam of 30 mA. Coupled with a Be target such a beam can generate a neutron flux of 1014 n/s, with a spectrum centred in the MeV region (that has been recently characterized in detail at LNL accelerators). This neutron flux can be moderated to generate a therm...

Neutron radiography systems based on Gd, Dy and In metallic foils and X-ray films have been used at this centre since early seventies for various NDT and R&D work in nuclear, defense and aerospace industries. In recent years use of digital detection systems such as neutron scintillator and CCD based imaging systems and photostimulated luminescence based phosphor imaging plate systems have been ...

The problems of corrosion and deposit are crucial issues in the pipelines of the chemical, nuclear and petrochemical industries. Radiography (neutron, gamma, X-ray) has long been used as a technique for pipe inspection and corrosion monitoring. The 10MW Budapest research reactor site is a source of various energy neutron (thermal and epithermal) and gamma radiation. The detector system was a Pe...

Despite the role of iodine for proper development of the brain and the functions of the element, the accurate data on its concentration in brain tissue are largely lacking, the main reason being analytical difficulties associated with determination of the element especially at low levels. In this work, samples from human brain regions from Hungarian patients were analyzed using epithermal and r...

The radioisotope Technetium-99m (99mTc) is used in 85% of all nuclear medicine procedures. 99mTc is produced from its precursor Molybdenum-99 (99Mo), whose production is nearly all from one of only five ageing research reactors. Recently a number of accelerator-based methods have been proposed to fill this gap and to diversify this supply chain. In this paper we present a compact (4 m) 10 mA, 3...

The results of the tandem commissioning as initial high voltage tests and beam injection experiments on BINP proton tandem-accelerator are given. The accelerator is intended to be used in facilities generating resonant gamma rays for explosives detection and epithermal neutrons for boron neutron-capture therapy of brain tumors. A magnetically coupled DC voltage multiplier derived from an indust...

The important things in designing facilities for BNCT are to obtain neutron beams with appropriate energy spectrum and intensity for efficient treatment. In recent years, at several universities, accelerator-based BNCT facilities were designed, which are composed of target and beam shaping assembly to generate epithermal neutron beams[1]. As a previous study, target system[2][3] and a beam shap...