Production of a Continuous Neutron Spectrum Via the Reaction exp 9 Be(D,N) exp 10 B Using the Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator at the Bruyeres-le-Chatel Nuclear Studies Center

摘要

A time-of-flight facility has been set up at the Centre d'Etudes de Bruyeres-le-Chatel using the super EN tandem Van de Graaff as a pulsed neutron source via the reaction exp 9 Be(d,n) exp 10 B on a thick target. After a description of the neutron production, the authors compare the white neutron spectrum with the one obtained from a similar facility at LASL and those delivered by ORELA (Oak Ridge) and WNR (Los Alamos). A description of the setup used for the exp 232 Th (n,f) experiment in progress is also presented where an energy resolution delta E(keV) = 2.9 (E(MeV))sup(3/2) has been achieved. (Atomindex citation 11:497129)