Development of a regenerated Beryllium target and a thermal test facility for Compact Accelerator-based Neutron Sources
- Muraz Jean-François
- Santos Daniel
- Ghetta Véronique
- Giraud Julien
- Marpaud Julien
- Hervé Marine
- Sortais Pascal
- Forlino Mauro
DOIAbstract
Recently, the possibility to use compact accelerators coupled to high current ion sources for the production of intense low energy proton or deuteron beams has motivated many research laboratories to develop accelerator based neutrons sources for several purposes, including Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT). The NCT needs a high flux, about 10 9 n.cm-2.s-1, of thermal neutrons (E<10 keV) at the tumour site. Up to now, the NCT required neutron flux was mainly delivered by nuclear reactors. However, the production of such neutron flux is now possible using proton or deuteron beams on specific targets able to stand a high pow er (~15- 30 kW) on a small area (~10 cm2). This specific target design, materials and supports, has to cope with extreme ph...
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