A neutron booster for spallation sources - Application to accelerator driven systems and isotope production

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 485, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 739-752

  Galy, J ^a   Magill, J ^a   Van Dam, H ^b   Valko, J ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerator driven system; Isotope production; Neutron booster; Spallation source; Thin layers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLUXES; FUEL ADDITIVES; ISOTOPES; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEM; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; NEUTRON BOOSTER; SPALLATION SOURCES; THIN LAYERS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES;

EID: 10844268656     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02108-8     Document Type: Article

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