The practical calibration rooms for neutron measuring devices are relatively small, where a large amount of room-reflected neutrons arise. Moreover the different structures of neutron irradiation apparatus influence the neutron spectrum and reference dose considerably. Therefore the influence of the neutron scattering was investigated in the three calibration rooms in different sizes and instal...

An epithermal neutron camera based on energy-filtered imaging with gas electron multipliers was developed. Epithermal neutron imaging is achievable without time-of-flight detection of neutrons by using a resonance filter and a thermal neutron absorber. This technique is applicable to compact accelerator-based neutron sources. Blurring of epithermal neutron images caused by neutron scattering in...

Recently, several electronic personal dosemeters (EPDs) capable of measuring neutron dose equivalents were developed and have appeared on the market. The authors initiated the present study to assess performance of neutron EPDs. The EPD selected for this study was NRY21, manufactured by Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd. This dosemeter uses two silicon semiconductor detectors (a fast neutron senso...

A novel neutron irradiation facility at the Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF) has been developed to mimic the neutron radiation from an Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) at relevant distances (e.g. 1.5 km) from the epicenter. The neutron spectrum of this IND-like neutron irradiator was designed according to estimations of the Hiroshima neutron spectrum at 1.5 km. It is significan...

(+)-syn-Benzotriborneol forms stable complexes with one molecule of water. This is due to the ability of the host to form three hydrogen bonds with water, to act simultaneously as a hydrogen-bond acceptor and donor, and to a perfect geometrical match between the pair. We report experimental (X-ray and neutron diffraction, VT NMR, DSC, TGA) and stereochemical studies carried out to elucidate and...

Neutron scattering techniques, such as neutron diffraction, small angle neutron scattering and neutron reflectometry consist very powerful tools for the non-destructive study of materials. At the Greek Research Reactor, GRR-1, a number of neutron scattering methods are employed and developed. In the present contribution, a short description of the methods and facilities is given, as well as som...

Neutron phase contrast imaging is a recently developmental technique which is based not only on the amplitude like in the projection imaging but also on the contribution of phase alteration of the neutron beam. With the additional contrast from the difference of neutron refraction index in the sample which mainly leads to edge enhancement, phase contrast imaging can show more details about the ...