Development of a sealed-accelerator-tube neutron generator

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 801-809

  Verbeke, J M ^a,b   Leung, K N ^b   Vujic, J ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

D T neutron source; Neutron generator; Solid target neutron yield

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BORON; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FUSION REACTIONS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SCANDIUM; TITANIUM;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON GENERATOR; SEALED ACCELERATOR TUBE NEUTRON GENERATOR; SOLID TARGET YIELD;

NEUTRON SOURCES;

DEUTERIUM; SCANDIUM; SEALANT; TITANIUM; TRITIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAINER; GENERATOR; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; TUBE;

EID: 0034670263     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00262-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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