NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 4, 040202(2024)

Design of a neutron target for boron neutron capture therapy

Junyan WANG1,2, Haiyun KONG1、*, and Deming LI1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Figures & Tables(8)
    Overall structural diagram of the curved target (a) BNCT device, (b) Curved target
    Detail structure of the curved target (a) Sectional diagram of the curved target, (b) Schematic diagram of fold channel
    Schematic of the plane target
    Physical model of proton hitting target
    Angle distribution of emitted neutron (a) Radian angle distribution, (b) Solid angle distribution
    Energy spectrum distribution of emitted neutrons
    Temperature distribution of the lithium layer
    • Table 1. IAEA-TECDOC-1223 report with neutron parameters and recommended values

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      Table 1. IAEA-TECDOC-1223 report with neutron parameters and recommended values

      热中子参数Thermal neutron parameter(E<0.5 eV)

      推荐值

      Suggestive value

      超热中子参数 Epithermal neutron parameter(0.5 eV<E<10 keV)

      推荐值

      Suggestive value

      热中子注量率 Фth

      Thermal neutron flux rate Фth

      >109 cm-2·s-1

      超热中子注量率 Фepith

      Epithermal neutron flux rate Фepith

      >109 cm-2·s-1

      热中子比例 Φth /Φtotal

      Thermal neutron ratio Φth /Φtotal

      >0.9

      超热中子比例 Φth /Φepith

      Thermal neutron ratio Φth /Φepith

      <0.05

      快中子成分 Dfast /Φth

      Fast neutron component Dfast /Φth

      <2×10-13 Gy·cm2

      快中子成分 Dfast /Φepith

      Fast neutron component Dfast /Φepith

      <2×10-13 Gy·cm2

      γ成分 Dγ /Φth

      γ composition Dγ /Φth

      <2×10-13 Gy·cm2

      γ成分 Dγ /Φepith

      γ composition Dγ /Φepith

      <2×10-13 Gy·cm2

      流量通量比 J/Φ

      Flux flow ratio J/Φ

      >0.7

      流量通量比 J/Φ

      Flux flow ratio J/Φ

      >0.7
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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 10, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 28, 2024

    The Author Email: KONG Haiyun (孔海云)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.040202

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