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Clinical requirements and accelerator concepts for BNCT [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Research, 1997.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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11 pages : digital, PDF file
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Research, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
Accelerator-based neutron sources are an attractive alternative to nuclear reactors for providing epithermal neutron beams for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. Based on clinical requirements and neutronics modeling the use of proton and deuteron induced reactions in ⁷Li and ⁹Be targets has been compared. Excellent epithermal neutron beams can be produced via the ⁷Li(p,n)⁷Be reaction at proton energies of ∼2.5 MeV. An electrostatic quadrupole accelerator and a lithium target, which can deliver and handle 2.5 MeV protons at beam currents up to 50 mA, are under development for an accelerator-based BNCT facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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E 1.99:lbnl--40262-rev.
E 1.99: conf-970503--
conf-970503--
lbnl--40262-rev.
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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/1997.
"lbnl--40262-rev."
" conf-970503--"
"DE98001372"
17. IEEE particle accelerator conference, Vancouver (Canada), 12-16 May 1997.
Wells, R.P.; Reginato, L.L.; Leung, K.N.; Kwan, J.; Bleuel, D.L.; Chu, W.T.; Donahue, R.J.; Ludewigt, B.A.
Funding Information
AC03-76SF00098
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