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Performance testing of the neutron flux monitors from 10keV to 1MeV developed for BNCT: A preliminary study
Xingcai Guan1, Masanobu Manabe2, Shingo Tamaki2
1School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Tianshui South Road 222, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730000, PR China; Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Abstract:
The neutron flux monitors from 10keV to 1MeV designed for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) were experimentally tested with prototype monitors in an appropriate neutron field produced at the intense deuterium-tritium neutron source facility OKTAVIAN of Osaka University, Japan. The experimental test results and related analysis indicated that the performance of the monitors was good and the neutron fluxes from 10keV to 1MeV of practical BNCT neutron sources can be measured within 10% by the monitors.

