Fast and thermal neutron radiographies based on a compact neutron generator

الموضوعات : Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics

Jacob G Fantidis ¹ , Bandekas V Dimitrios ² , Potolias Constantinos ³ , Vordos Nick ⁴

1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kavala Institute of Technology
2 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kavala Institute of Technology
3 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kavala Institute of Technology
4 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kavala Institute of Technology

تاريخ التأكيد : 17 السبت , محرم, 1434 تاريخ الإصدار : 17 السبت , محرم, 1434

الکلمات المفتاحية: Fast neutron radiography, Thermal neutron radiography, Restriction of hazardous subst, Compact neutron generator, MCNP4B, 28.20.Pr, 21.60.Ka, 24.10.Lx, 29.25.Dz,

ملخص المقالة :

AbstractFast neutrons that are produced via compact neutron generators have been used for thermal and fast neutron radiographies. In order to investigate objects with different sizes and produce radiographs of variable qualities, the proposed facility has been considered with a wide range of values for the parameters characterizing the thermal and fast neutron radiographies. The proposed system is designed according to article 4 of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC, hence, excluded the use of cadmium and lead, and has been simulated using the MCNP4B code. The Monte Carlo calculations were carried out using three different neutron sources: deuterium-deuterium, deuterium-tritium, and tritium-tritium neutron generators.