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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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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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