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Evaluation of neutron beam characteristics for D-BNCT01 facility

Nuclear Science and Techniques volume 33, Article number: 12 (2022) Cite this article

Abstract

An accelerator-based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AB-BNCT) experimental facility called D-BNCT01 has been recently completed and is currently able to generate a high-intensity neutron beam for BNCT-related research. In this study, we perform several experiments involving water phantoms to validate the Monte Carlo simulation results and analyze the neutron beam characteristics. According to our measurements, D-BNCT01 can generate a neutron flux about 1.2 × 108 n/cm2/s at the beam port using a 5 kW proton beam. Our results also show that the thermal neutron flux depth distribution inside the water phantom is in good agreement with simulations. We conclude that D-BNCT01 may be effectively employed for BNCT research.

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  1. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100049, China

    Jun-Yang Chen, Jian-Fei Tong, Zhi-Liang Hu, Xue-Fen Han, Bin Tang, Qian Yu, Rui-Qiang Zhang, Chong-Guang Zhao, Jun Xu, Shi-Nian Fu, Bin Zhou & Tian-Jiao Liang

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, 100049, China

    Jun-Yang Chen, Xue-Fen Han, Qian Yu, Shi-Nian Fu & Tian-Jiao Liang

  3. Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, China

    Jun-Yang Chen, Jian-Fei Tong, Zhi-Liang Hu, Xue-Fen Han, Bin Tang, Qian Yu, Rui-Qiang Zhang, Chong-Guang Zhao, Jun Xu, Shi-Nian Fu, Bin Zhou & Tian-Jiao Liang

  4. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Neutron Scattering Science and Technology, Dongguan, 523803, China

    Jun-Yang Chen, Jian-Fei Tong, Zhi-Liang Hu, Bin Zhou & Tian-Jiao Liang

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Jun-Yang Chen, Jian-Fei Tong, Zhi-Liang Hu, Xue-Fen Han, Bin Tang, Qian Yu, Rui-Qiang Zhang, Chong-Guang Zhao, Jun Xu, Shi-Nian Fu, Bin Zhou and Tian-Jiao Liang. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Jun-Yang Chen and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Bin Zhou or Tian-Jiao Liang.

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This work was supported by the Program for Guangdong Introducing Innovative and Entrepreneurial Teams (No. 2017ZT07S225), the Institute of High Energy Physics Xie-Jialin Foundation (No. Y95461F), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1932219).

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Chen, JY., Tong, JF., Hu, ZL. et al. Evaluation of neutron beam characteristics for D-BNCT01 facility. NUCL SCI TECH 33, 12 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-022-00996-1

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Keywords

  • Neutron beam
  • Boron neutron capture therapy
  • Water phantom