On the Utility of an In-core Fast Neutron Generator
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Fast neutrons are useful for activation analysis of several light elements. For example, oxygen analyses are routinely made in our reactor laboratory and elsewhere by the 160(n, p)]6N reaction. The threshold for this reaction is over 10 MeV. Napier et al. ~) have described a device which was intended to convert thermal neutrons into 14 MeV neutrons by the reaction sequence 6Li(n, o~)3H ... 2H(3H, n)4He,
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تاریخ انتشار 2002