This paper reports on an important issue of designing appropriate nuclear fuel of a high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor operating in a thorium-plutonium nuclear fuel cycle. The neutronic calculations for a fuel of ...

be located

against the neutron source, patient dose during an

analysis is an important concern when using this

technique. Materials and Methods: Gamma-rays

were attenuated without losing the neutron flux or...

In this paper an optimized moderating structure using an 241Am-Be neutron source

for detecting landmines (using the PGNAA method) has been investigated by experiment. The

experimental set up composed of a Pb cylindrical shell enclosing...

Every year too many people are treated with radiation therapy and nuclear medicine all over the world. Neutron sources are used for many applications, especially in medicine such as: neutron therapy and neutron imaging. There is a linear...

and 241Am–Be neutron source, whereas the Fourier method has been used to derive the discrimination characteristic. The results confirm the fast performance and efficiency of proposed method....

in beryllium medium) were compared to a source of homogeneous americium (or its oxides) and beryllium mixture. The proposed heterogeneous geometry was aimed to provide a neutron source with a variable neutron yield, easy-to-shut down and easy-to-waste process...

brachytherapy is an effective treatment for cervix, prostate, skin and breast cancers and more suitable than radiotherapy for cervix and prostate cancers using a californium-252 neutron source brachytherapy. The required dose to kill the same number...

of their high flux and reliable neutron spectrum.

They are cost-effective neutron sources for Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis

(PGNAA). PGNAA method can be used in medicine for neutron radiography and body chemical...

The optimum moderating geometry using an 241Am–Be neutron source for detecting landmines has been investigated. The experimental setup composed of a Pb cylindrical shell enclosing the neutron source, embedded in a fixed-size high...

methods used

for landmine detection. In this paper an optimized

(safe and effective) moderating structure using an

241Am-Be neutron source for detecting landmines has

been investigated by experiment and MCNP...