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A pilot accelerator-based source of epithermal neutrons, which is intended for wide application in clinics for boron neutron capture therapy, has been constructed at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (Novosibirsk). A stationary proton beam has been obtained and near-threshold neutron generation regime has been realized. Results of the first experiments on neutron generation using the proposed source are described.
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Original Russian Text © A.S. Kuznetsov, G.N. Malyshkin, A.N. Makarov, I.N. Sorokin, Yu.S. Sulyaev, S.Yu. Taskaev, 2009, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 8, pp. 1–6.
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Kuznetsov, A.S., Malyshkin, G.N., Makarov, A.N. et al. First experiments on neutron detection on the accelerator-based source for boron neutron capture therapy. Tech. Phys. Lett. 35, 346–348 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785009040178
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