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2011 Article Beams Dosimetry ICNCT14 Physics

Performance evaluation of the source description of the THOR BNCT epithermal neutron beam

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2011

Authors:   Yuan-Hao Liu,Pi-En Tsai,Hui-Ting Yu,Yi-Chun Lin,Yu-Shiang Huang,Chun-Kai Huang,Yen-Wan {Hsueh Liu},Hong-Ming Liu,Shiang-Huei Jiang,
Journal: Applied Radiation and Isotopes
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.04.005
Abstract: This paper aims to evaluate the performance of the source description of the THOR BNCT beam via different measurement techniques in different phantoms. The measurement included (1) the absolute reaction rate measurement of a set of triple activation foils, (2) the neutron and gamma-ray dose rates measured using the paired ionization chamber method, and (3) the relative reaction rate distributions obtained using the indirect neutron radiography. Three source descriptions, THOR-Y09, surface source file RSSA, and THOR-50C, were tested. The comparison results concluded that THOR-Y09 is a well-tested source description not only for neutron components, but also for gamma-ray component.