The present status of development of software packages and equipment designed for automation of NAA at the reactor IBR-2 of FLNP, JINR, Dubna, RF, is described. The NAA database, construction of sample changers and software for automation of spectra measurement and calculation of concentrations are presented. Automation of QC procedures is integrated in the software developed. Details of the de...

Since the late 1970’s there have been enormous changes in the methods, techniques and applications of neutron activation analysis. Having been a research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada and the McMaster Nuclear Reactor, as well as a professor for ten years at the University of Illinois and 15 years at the University of Texas, I have a unique perspective on the research perf...

The metabolism of halothane during and after anaesthesia was studied in eight patients of different age and body weight by estimating the concentration of halothane and one of its metabolites (bromide) in the blood. A gas chromatograph with an electron capture detector was used to estimate halothane, while blood bromide levels were measured by neutron activation analysis. There was an initial b...

This work aimed to determine the irradiator thermal (under-cadmium) and fast (over-cadmium) neutron fluxes, of the Nuclear Experimental Laboratory of the Nuclear Engineering Center (CNEN-IPEN, São Paulo, Brazil), and the possibility of this irradiator use for Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA), by the absolute method. To establish the facility specifications, the neutron flux values along the ir...

The use of CCDs in future linear collider experiments will require immunity to large neutron fluences, in excess of /year. The effects on charge transfer efficiency of neutron induced bulk damage are presented along with a demonstration of a technique to fill the traps with sacrificial charge. Operation is then possible at fluences in excess of .