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The classical research neutron sources are fission reactors. They have reached their technical limits as far as neutron flux is concerned. But there is an alternative way with many advantages: spallation. The emphasis in this context is on pulsed operation, which is easily achieved with spallation as being accelerator-driven. The extension of neutron scattering to fields not covered with reactors is discussed as well as the utilization of spallation neutrons for other fields such as nuclear waste transmutation and future power reactors.
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Conrad, H. (2021). Spallation: Neutrons Beyond Nuclear Fission. In: Fleck, I., Titov, M., Grupen, C., Buvat, I. (eds) Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93785-4_30
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