Flux and instrumentation upgrade for the epithermal neutron beam facility at Washington State University

Nigg, David W.; Venhuizen, J.R.; Wemple, C.E.; Tripard, G. E.; Sharp, Susan E.; Fox, K.

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.024

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“…Experimental modality and research activities were also performed in (MNRC) [49], RA-6 [88], RA-3 [87], OSTR [83], OSURR [52], PBF [84], RA-1 [86], GTRR [38] and WSU [95]. Table 5 represents the materials used in BSA structure of Americas BNCT facilities.…”

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Neutron beams implemented at nuclear research reactors for BNCT

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A: This paper presents a survey of neutron beams which were or are in use at 56 Nuclear Research Reactors (NRRs) in order to be used for BNCT, either for treatment or research purposes in aspects of various combinations of materials that were used in their Beam Shaping Assembly (BSA) design, use of fission converters and optimized beam parameters. All our knowledge about BNCT is indebted to researches that have been done in NRRs. The results of about 60 years research in BNCT and also the successes of this method in medical treatment of tumors show that, for the development of BNCT as a routine cancer therapy method, hospital-based neutron sources are needed. Achieving a physical data collection on BNCT neutron beams based on NRRs will be helpful for beam designers in developing a non-reactor based neutron beam. K: Instrumentation for neutron sources; Instrumentation for particle-beam therapy 1Corresponding author.

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