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The E LiBANS project: Thermal and epithermal neutron sources based on a medical Linac
1Università degli Studi di Torino, via P. Giuria 1, 10125, Torino, Italy; INFN, Sezione di Torino, via P. Giuria 1, 10125, Torino, Italy.
Abstract:
The E_LIBANS project (INFN) aims at producing neutron facilities for interdisciplinary irradiation purposes among which pre-clinical research for BNCT. After the successful setting-up of the thermal neutron source based on a medical LINAC, a similar apparatus for epithermal neutrons has been developed. Both structures are based on an Elekta 18 MV coupled with a photoconverter-moderator system which deploys the (γ,n) reaction to convert the X-rays into neutrons. This communication describes the two neutron sources and the results obtained in their characterization.
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