Applications of Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources: An Updated Assessment from the Perspective of Materials Research in Italy
| Autor: | Roberto Senesi, C.-K. Loong, Giulia Festa, Giuseppe Gorini, Carla Andreani, John M. Carpenter, I.S. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Engineering
Neutron transport Nuclear engineering Physics and Astronomy(all) 01 natural sciences 7. Clean energy law.invention 010309 optics Nuclear physics law neutron radiography 0103 physical sciences Spallation Neutron Instrumentation (computer programming) 010306 general physics Compact accelerator-driven neutron sources business.industry CHIP IRRADIATION Atomic energy Neutron imaging Italian accelerator projects Particle accelerator NEUTRON FACILITY Settore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali Ambientali Biol.e Medicin) Neutron source CULTURAL HERITAGE business NEUTRON FACILITY CULTURAL HERITAGE CHIP IRRADIATION |
| Zdroj: | Physics Procedia. 60:228-237 |
| ISSN: | 1875-3892 |
| Popis: | In 2005 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna published a report [1] on ‘Development Opportunities of Small and Medium Scale Accelerator Driven Neutron Sources’ which summarized the prospect of smaller sources in supporting the large spallation neutron sources for materials characterization and instrumentation, a theme advocated by Bauer, Clausen, Mank, and Mulhauser in previous publications [2] , [3] , [4] . In 2010 the Union for Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (UCANS) was established [5] , galvanizing cross-disciplinary collaborations on new source and neutronics development and expanded applications based on both slow-neutron scattering and other neutron-matter interactions of neutron energies ranging from 10-6 to 102 MeV [6] . Here, we first cover the recent development of ongoing and prospective projects of compact accelerator-driven neutron sources (CANS) but concentrate on prospective accelerators currently proposed in Italy. Two active R&D topics, irradiation effects on electronics and cultural heritage studies, are chosen to illustrate the impact of state-of-the-art CANS on these programs with respect to the characteristics and complementarity of the accelerator and neutronics systems as well as instrumentation development. |
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