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Oxford Instruments, working in close collaboration with Amersham International, are developing a compact lightweight superconducting cyclotron. Although primarily intended for use as a local generator of short lived isotopes for PET, the same machine could also be made into a neutron generator by directing the extracted proton beam onto a beryllium target. With a proton energy of 17 MeV and a beam current of 200 µA, the expected total neutron yield is 1.8 × 1013 neutrons/sec. Using a moderator of high density polythene, this total output may be transformed into thermal neutron flux of about 1.8 × 1011 n cm-2 s-1. With a weight of just 2000 kg, the source will be fully transportable using quite simple mechanical handling equipment.
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Wilson, M.N., Finlan, M.F. (1987). The Superconducting Cyclotron as a Transportable Neutron Source. In: Barton, J.P., Farny, G., Person, JL., Röttger, H. (eds) Neutron Radiography. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3871-7_29
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