Spallation is not the only fruit: Low energy fusion as a source of neutrons

S. Albright; R. Seviour

Spallation is not the only fruit: Low energy fusion as a source of neutrons

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Commercially there is a growing interest in applications of neutrons. Currently the majority of neutron sources are based at research institutions from either reactors or spallation sources. Smaller portable sources contain either fissile isotope or sealed fusors are available, although they either use or produce tritium, or other long lived decay products. As an alternative to the large facilities and the radio-toxicology of current portable sources research is being performed with an aim to produce a fusion based neutron source with neither of these concerns. We show that MCNPX is able to accurately reproduce (p; n) reactions for a number of light elements. Simulations of low energy proton reactions with light nuclei simulated with MCNPX and Geant4 are compared with experiment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IPAC 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Editors	Zhimin Dai, Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz, Volker R. W. Schaa, Chuang Zhang
Publisher	Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW)
Pages	443-445
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9783954501229
Publication status	Published - Jun 2013
Event	4th International Particle Accelerator Conference - Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, China Duration: 12 May 2013 → 17 May 2013 Conference number: 4

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Conference	4th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Abbreviated title	IPAC 2013
Country/Territory	China
City	Shanghai
Period	12/05/13 → 17/05/13

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Albright, S., & Seviour, R. (2013). Spallation is not the only fruit: Low energy fusion as a source of neutrons. In Z. Dai, C. Petit-Jean-Genaz, V. R. W. Schaa, & C. Zhang (Eds.), IPAC 2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference (pp. 443-445). [MOPFI070] Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW). http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/accelconf/ipac2013/papers/mopfi070.pdf

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Albright, S & Seviour, R 2013, Spallation is not the only fruit: Low energy fusion as a source of neutrons. in Z Dai, C Petit-Jean-Genaz, VRW Schaa & C Zhang (eds), IPAC 2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference., MOPFI070, Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW), pp. 443-445, 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Shanghai, China, 12/05/13. <http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/accelconf/ipac2013/papers/mopfi070.pdf>

Spallation is not the only fruit : Low energy fusion as a source of neutrons. / Albright, S.; Seviour, R.

IPAC 2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference. ed. / Zhimin Dai; Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz; Volker R. W. Schaa; Chuang Zhang. Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW), 2013. p. 443-445 MOPFI070.

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