Characterization of wood-borax composites as alternative neutron shielding material using neutron radiography techniques

Neutron Radiography, Techniques and Applications

After describing the principles of the "in pool" and "dry" installations, techniques used in neutron radiography are reviewed. Use of converter foils with silver halide films for the direct and transfer methods is described. Advantages of the use of nitrocellulose film for radiographying radioactive objacts are discussed. Dynamic imaging is shortly reviewed. Standardization in the field of neut...

Characterization of a Neutron Collimator for Neutron Radiography

At the ENEA TRIGA research reactor (Casaccia Research Center, Rome), a new neutron collimator has been designed and installed at the neutron tangential channel. This collimator, that is part of a neutron/X-ray facility for NDT analysis, was experimentally characterized and optimized in terms of thermal neutron flux, its spatial/energetic distribution, photon air KERMA and effective beam diamete...

Simulation for radiography of neutron and X-ray as well as the shielding of radioactive rays

A review on neutron shielding performance of nano-composite materials

Neutron sources employed in different applications in both medicine and industry. Due to the harmful effects of neutron particles on living organisms, radiation shields have played a vital role in radiation protection against neutrons. In recent decade, numerous investigations conducted on the design and fabrication of nanocomposites as more efficient shielding materials against fast and therma...

Investigation of metal hydrides applicability as neutron moderator and shielding by MCNPX

In this research, the applicability of several metal hydrides as neutron moderator and shielding for D-D fusion sources has been investigated by MCNPX code. The results have been investigated in three steps to find the materials with lower thermal, fast and total neutron fluxes than conventional shielding materials. The results show relative advantages of LaNi5H6, VH, TiH2, TaH, Mg (BH4)2, YH2,...