The new hybrid thermal neutron facility at tapiro reactor for BNCT radiobiological experiments

被引:7
|
作者
Esposito, J. [1 ]
Rosi, G. [2 ]
Agosteo, S. [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
[2] ENEA Casaccia, FIS ION, I-00060 Rome, Italy
[3] Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Ingn Nucl, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
关键词
D O I
10.1093/rpd/ncm015
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
A new thermal neutron irradiation facility, devoted to carry out both dosimetric and radiobiologicall studies on boron carriers, which are being developed in the framework of INFN BNCT project, has been installed at the ENEA Casaccia TAPIRO research fast reactor. The thermal column, based on an original, hybrid, neutron spectrum shifter configuration, has been recently become operative. In spite of its low power (5 kW), the new facility is able to provide a high thermal neutron flux level, uniformly distributed inside the irradiation cavity, with a quite low gamma background. The main features and preliminary benchmark measurements of the Beam-shaping assembly are here presented and discussed.
引用
收藏
页码:69 / 73
页数:5
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] Installation of a Thermal White Neutron Beam Facility at the TRIGA Reactor in Vienna
    Mach, Wilfried
    Jericha, E.
    Bacak, M.
    Hainz, D.
    Musilek, A.
    Villa, M.
    Abele, H.
    26TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR NEW EUROPE (NENE 2017), 2017,
  • [22] Characterization of a thermal neutron field at the heavy water neutron irradiation facility of the Kyoto University Reactor
    Uritani, A
    Pyeon, CH
    Kudo, Y
    Kobayashi, K
    Yoshimoto, T
    Sakurai, Y
    Kobayashi, T
    Mori, C
    REACTOR DOSIMETRY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, 2003, : 340 - 344
  • [23] The feasibility of a clinical thermal neutron facility for boron neutron capture therapy at the Argonaut Reactor in Petten
    Stecher-Rasmussen, F
    Freudenreich, WE
    Voorbraak, WP
    Vroegindeweij, C
    ADVANCES IN NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY, VOLS I AND II: VOL I: MEDICINE AND PHYSICS, VOL II: CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY, 1997, 1132 : A437 - A440
  • [24] The Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) facility at the European Commission's high flux reactor (HFR) in Petten (The Netherlands)
    Moss, R.
    Stecher-Rasmussen, F.
    Pott, L.
    Rassow, J.
    Roca, A.
    Wittig, A.
    Sauerwein, W.
    STRAHLENTHERAPIE UND ONKOLOGIE, 2006, 182 : 110 - 110
  • [25] Facility at CIRUS reactor for thermal neutron induced prompt γ-ray spectroscopic studies
    Biswas, D. C.
    Danu, L. S.
    Mukhopadhyay, S.
    Kinage, L. A.
    Prashanth, P. N.
    Goswami, A.
    Sahu, A. K.
    Shaikh, A. M.
    Chatterjee, A.
    Choudhury, R. K.
    Kailas, S.
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 2013, 703 : 163 - 167
  • [26] EXPERIMENTS IN INTERNAL THERMAL COLUMN OF ARGONNE ADVANCED RESEARCH REACTOR CRITICAL FACILITY
    ROBINSON, WR
    JOHNSON, TW
    PLUMLEE, KE
    STANFORD, GS
    TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY, 1967, 10 (01): : 182 - &
  • [28] Prompt gamma facility for BNCT at RA3 reactor: Neutron beam adequation stage by simulation-guided design
    Valero, M.
    Rogulich, L.
    Thorp, S. I.
    Miller, M. E.
    Sztejnberg, M.
    ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 2024, 207
  • [29] Thermal neutron field characteristics in the neutron exposure accelerator system for biological effect experiments (NASBEE) facility
    Ogawara, Ryo
    Kodaira, Satoshi
    Suda, Mitsuru
    Hagihara, Takuya
    Hamano, Tsuyoshi
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 2020, 949
  • [30] NEW PTB THERMAL NEUTRON CALIBRATION FACILITY: FIRST RESULTS
    Luszik-Bhadra, M.
    Reginatto, M.
    Wershofen, H.
    Wiegel, B.
    Zimbal, A.
    RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY, 2014, 161 (1-4) : 352 - 356