| Title |
Development of Mobile Neutron Sources Driven by X-Band Electron Linacs for Infrastructure Maintenance and Nuclear Security |
| Authors |
- Y. Seki, J.M. Bereder, M. Uesaka
The University of Tokyo, Nuclear Professional School, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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| Abstract |
We are developing a compact neutron source with a 3.95 MeV X-band (9.3 GHz) electron linac based X-ray source. The X-ray source, which included a tungsten target for bremsstrahlung, was originally fabricated for on-site nondestructive inspections for infrastructures such as bridges, expressways and tunnels. Attachment of a photo-neutron target to this X-ray source allows a new mobile neutron source. Main applications of this neutron source are on-site moisture detection in infrastructures, and nuclear materials measurement in fuel debris for decommissioning Fukushima nuclear power plants. Our approach also realizes a mobile X-ray/neutron hybrid source system in the future. The beryllium was employed as target material since it had especially small threshold energy for the photo neutron production. We have developed a 60-cm-cube target station by combining a beryllium block, a graphite reflector, a polyethylene moderator, a boric acid resin layer (neutron shied), and a lead layer (gamma-ray shield). This presentation will report a pilot experiment of neutron generation and discuss the results compared to a Monte Carlo simulation.
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| Conference |
IPAC2016, Busan, Korea |
| Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (7th) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full IPAC2016 Proccedings |
| Session |
Poster Session |
| Date |
11-May-16 16:00–18:00 |
| Main Classification |
03 Alternative Particle Sources and Acceleration Techniques |
| Sub Classification |
T28 Neutron Sources |
| Keywords |
neutron, electron, target, linac, site |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Dong Eon Kim (PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea); Kyung Sook Kim (PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea); In Soo Ko (POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of Korea); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-147-2 |
| Published |
June 2016 |
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