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Reactor-Quality Neutron Radiographs with a New Mobile Machine — a Superconducting Magnet Cyclotron

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The neutron radiographic performance of a new mobile cyclotron from Oxford Instruments Limited, which uses superconducting magnet technology, is assessed. It is concluded that thermal neutron beams comparable with those from some reactors used for neutron radiography are achievable (105n.cm-2s-1 at L/D = 250), and radiographs of reactor quality will therefore be available from a mobile source for the first time. There are, moreover, no major technical disadvantages to militate against the cyclotron’s clear neutronic advantage over other mobile sources. The machine, moderator system and immediate shielding are readily transportable as a whole, the technologies involved are all proven and reliable, and the use of the Be(p,n) reaction offers a durable target and beams with low photon contamination.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    M. R. Hawkesworth

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  1. Neutron Radiography Consulting, La Jolla, California, USA

    John P. Barton

  2. CEA-CEN, Saclay, France

    Gérard Farny  & Jean-Louis Person  & 

  3. C.E.C., Joint Research Centre, Petten Establishment, The Netherlands

    Heinz Röttger

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Hawkesworth, M.R. (1987). Reactor-Quality Neutron Radiographs with a New Mobile Machine — a Superconducting Magnet Cyclotron. In: Barton, J.P., Farny, G., Person, JL., Röttger, H. (eds) Neutron Radiography. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3871-7_27

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