A 14 MeV neutron irradiation facility with an automated fast cyclic pneumatic
Articles > Article · 2016
Authors: M. T. Montgomery, Mıchael Duncan YOHO, S. R. Biegalski, S. Landsberger, L. Welch
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, Scopus, 2016, vol 309, pp 101-106
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-016-4725-5
Summary
This work details the design criteria, construction, controls, and optimization of the 14 MeV neutron irradiation facility at the University of Texas, built with the motivation of performing neutron activation analysis on samples with short half-lives. The facility couples a D–T neutron generator with a pneumatic transfer system capable of transit of approximately one second between source and detector, while the cyclic automated nature allows for many irradiation/count trials with any number of samples, translating to significantly improved counting statistics.