Evaluation of neutron beam characteristics for D-BNCT01 facility

• 作者: 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
• 来源期刊: 核技术（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2022,（1）
• 所属期刊栏目: ACCELERATOR, RAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
• 页码范围: 131-139
• 页数: 9页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

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 experi-ments 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 dis-tribution inside the water phantom is in good agreement with simulations.We conclude that D-BNCT01 may be effectively employed for BNCT research.