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Recent modifications of a TRIGA reactor for NAA and other applications

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TRIGA type research reactors, even relatively new ones, are originally equipped with rather obsolete irradiation pneumatic transfer systems. Therefore, the irradiation system of Slovenian TRIGA Mark II system was renewed in 2015 to improve the overall quality of irradiations. This year, the system was upgraded to allow for automated short irradiations under more thermalized neutron flux. The modernization includes also a so-called “triangular” channel, allowing for in-core irradiation of samples up to 5 cm in diameter and a horizontal channel allowing for irradiations of objects under homogeneous neutron flux in the length of over 60 cm.

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The Slovenian Research Agency, ARRS, (Contracts No. P2-0075 and 1000-18-106) is acknowledged for its financial support. The authors thank JSI’s Department of Automation, Biocybernetics and Robotics for the design and construction of the CPTS upgrade and JSI’s Workshops for precise and timely works done during the modifications.

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  1. Reactor Infrastructure Centre, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Sebastjan Rupnik, Borut Smodiš & Anže Jazbec

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Rupnik, S., Smodiš, B. & Jazbec, A. Recent modifications of a TRIGA reactor for NAA and other applications. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 325, 817–821 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07131-7

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