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Neutron radiography and tomography facility at IBR-2 reactor

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An experimental station for investigations using neutron radiography and tomography was developed at the upgraded high-flux pulsed IBR-2 reactor. The 20 × 20 cm neutron beam is formed by the system of collimators with the characteristic parameter L/D varying from 200 to 2000. The detector system is based on a 6LiF/ZnS scintillation screen; images are recorded using a high-sensitivity video camera based on the high-resolution CCD matrix. The results of the first neutron radiography and tomography experiments at the developed facility are presented.

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  1. Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980, Russia

    D. P. Kozlenko, S. E. Kichanov, E. V. Lukin, A. V. Rutkauskas, A. V. Belushkin, G. D. Bokuchava & B. N. Savenko

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Original Russian Text © D.P. Kozlenko, S.E. Kichanov, E.V. Lukin, A.V. Rutkauskas, A.V. Belushkin, G.D. Bokuchava, B.N. Savenko, 2016, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2016.

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Kozlenko, D.P., Kichanov, S.E., Lukin, E.V. et al. Neutron radiography and tomography facility at IBR-2 reactor. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 13, 346–351 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477116030146

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