A compact neutron spectrometer, based on a CH foil for the production of recoil protons and CR-39 detection, is being developed for the measurements of the DD-neutron spectrum at the NIF, OMEGA, and Z facilities. As a CR-39 detector will be used in the spectrometer, the principal sources of background are neutron-induced tracks and intrinsic tracks (defects in the CR-39). To reject the backgrou...

Before its demise DIANA Hi-TECH, LLC, demonstrated the use of two 50 kJoule Plasma Focus devices for the copius production of fast neutrons, x-rays and radio-isotopes. Such a device is suitable for fast neutron non invasive interogation of contra-band materials including hidden nuclear materials. It could be particularly useful for a fast and fail safe interogation of large cargo containers, or...

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...

background: a boron neutron capture therapy (bnct) facility, based on a dt neutron generator, with the final goal to find out a potential, alternative, solution to existing bnct treatment facilities which are based on nuclear reactors is examined. materials and methods: with the aim of the mcnp4b monte carlo code different beam-shaping assembly (bsa) configurations were considered. lead was sel...

in this research, cobalt and nickel sulfide nanoparticles (nps) were grown on almcm-41 matrix by using ion exchange method. the prepared samples were irradiated by thermalized neutron that emitted from am-be source up to fluencies (7.9+e9n/cm2). after that, x-ray diffraction (xrd), uv-vis spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared (ftir), scanning electron microscopy (sem) and transmission electr...

Production of Forward Neutrons in e p Collisions at HERA High energy neutron events produced at small angles mrad with respect to the proton beam direction have been observed in neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering at the center of mass energy of GeV by the H experiment at HERA These events represent a xed fraction of the total neutral current deep inelastic sample for neutron energies ...

In the frame work of the Italian participation to the project of a high intensity proton facility for the energy amplifier and nuclear waste transmutations, the LNL has been proposed a project for the construction of a second generation facility for the production of radioactive ion beams (RIBs) by using the ISOL method. The final goal consists in the production of neutron rich RIBs with masses...

The results of model calculations on nuclide yields produced by firstchance fission of excited U nuclei are presented. The calculations show the washing out of structural effects (even-odd structure and fission channels), the broadening of the mass distribution and the reduction of the neutron excess with increasing excitation energy. The calculations are relevant for the design of future secon...

Abundance ratios of radioactive to stable neutron-capture elements in very metal-poor stars may be used to estimate the age of our Galaxy. But extracting accurate ages from these data requires continuing work on many fronts: a) identification of more low metallicity stars with neutron-capture element excesses; b) acquisition of the best high resolution stellar spectra; c) improvement in neutron...

The mean effective cross sections of 6Li for the (n, u) reaction were calculated for thermal, intermediate and fast neutrons; this reaction is dominant in damage production in LiF crystals. The actual neutron spectrum was determined from measurements of thermal, intermediate and fast neutron fluxes, in the core of the IEA-RI-2MW swimming pool reactor, in high fluence conditions, by the activati...