Neutron and X-ray tomography at Necsa
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Neutrons are sourced from the SAFARI-1 nuclear research reactor operated by Necsa. Necsa is located at Pelindaba in the Northwest Province of South Africa, which is 30 km west of Pretoria. The South African Neutron Radiography (SANRAD) facility is located on the beam port floor of the SAFARI-1 nuclear research reactor hall and sources neutrons from beam port No. 2. The facility has neighbouring facilities, i.e. a small angle neutron scattering (SANS) facility (beam port No. 1) and a neutron diffraction (NDIFF) facility (beam port No. 5), as shown in Figure 1.
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