A prototype compact accelerator-based neutron source (CANS) for Canada

Canada’s access to neutron beams for scattering was significantly curtailed in 2018 with the closure of National Research Universal (NRU) reactor Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. New sources are needed long-term; otherwise, will only become harder as global supply shrinks. Compact Accelerator-based Neutron Sources (CANS) offer possibility an intense source neutrons a capital cost lower than spallation sources. In this paper, we propose CANS The proposal is staged first stage offering medium flux, linear accelerator-based approach that also coupled boron capture therapy (BNCT) station and positron emission tomography (PET) isotope production station. serve prototype second stage: higher brightness, facility could be viewed national centre applications.