Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8209448 | Applied Radiation and Isotopes | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
An electron accelerator, ILU-14, with current of 10Â mA and 100Â kW in power has been considered as one of the options for neutron source in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). The final design of neutron target has been obtained using MCNPX to optimize the neutron production. Tungsten in strip shape and D2O in cylindrical form have been proposed as the photon converter and the photoneutron target, respectively. In addition calculation of heat deposition in the photon target design has been considered to ensure mechanical stability of target. The results show that about 8.37Ã1012Â photoneutron/s with average energy of 615Â keV can be produced by this neutron source design. In addition, using an appropriate beam shaping assembly an epithermal neutron flux of the order of 1.24Ã108Â cmâ2Â sâ1 can be obtained for BNCT applications.
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Authors
Faezeh Rahmani, Samaneh Seifi, Hossein Tavakoli Anbaran, Farshad Ghasemi,