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The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of various expressions for the Relative Biological Effectiveness (cccc) of low energy neutrons, as a function of neutron energy, on the choice of moderator and reflector materials for an Accelerator Epithermal Neutron Irradiation Facility (AENIF) for BNCT. Specifically, we will present the RUFTED, where we calculate <RBEn> in the denominator of the RUFTED consistently with the neutron energy spectra for the moderator assembly of the specified moderator thickness and moderator-reflector material composition. We will place special emphasis on the comparison between the D2O-MgO and the BeO-MgO moderator-reflector combinations, since the less neutronically suitable D2O-MgO combination is advantageous, because D2O is more available than BeO, and because D2O is toxic only in so far as it is slightly contaminated with tritium.
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Blue, T.E., Qu, TX.B., Gupta, N., Gahbauer, R.A. (1993). Effect of Variations in the RBE on the Design of an AENIF for BNCT. In: Soloway, A.H., Barth, R.F., Carpenter, D.E. (eds) Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2978-1_20
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