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PATENT
EG229 197392US
S-82,568
Inventors:
Donald L. Smith
Yujiro Ikeda
Yoshitomo Uno
between
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objects which are not easily studied with lower energy X20
The revolutionary
manufacturing,
The
Radioactive
Also, the
Because
5
A
10
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The specific
the strength of the neutron field, the time the water spends
in this field, and the transport time between the field
In
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The
The object
the detector.
i.e.,
10
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't
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abundance of
l60
is 99.76%.
The
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The 170(n,d+ntp)16N,
l8O(n,t)'bN,
170(n,2n)l60(n,p)'6N and
part in lo4.
at full power).
generating the
6N
activity.
(8)
by gamma-ray emission.
Of interest in
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6N
Table.
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variety of purposes.
l6O.
reaction
This amounts to an
This is
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Park, Illinois (1994) for the ITER (International
'6N
gamma rays
In
to 3 x 10''
47r
steradian).
Since
As
facility.
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present invention without considerations as to the
radiography purposes.
The radiography
The
The
This reaction
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In
the disclosed embodiment, the water flow rate was such that
any individual volume element of water spent no more than
about 0.1 second in the high-fluence region near the
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The
It is estimated that by
concentrations
I
in the
have been possible to achieve '%
flowing water of two orders of magnitude
(lo2)
higher than
maximum
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As indicated below,
activity
I
was present at this position to
sufficient '%
An
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These
The
milliliter).
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The
The
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TABLE I
Transmission (I/&)
Element
x(cm)=
Carbon (C)
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0.1
0.5
_--- ----_-
1.0
c----
5.0
10.0
------ ------
0.9944
0.9725
0.9457
0.7563
0.5720
0.9929
0.9649
0.9309
0.6992
0.4089
Iron (Fe)
0.9763
0.8870
0.7868
0.3015
0.0909
Copper (CUI
0.9727
0.8706
0.7580
0.2502
0.0626
0.9518
0.7811
0.6102
0.0846
0.0072
Aluminum (Al)
Lead (Pb)
-------
------
------
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The
< 1 4 O corresponding to a
or target 34.
shielding 42.
The latter
Signals corresponding
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present.
Object D 60
of two 5cm x 5cm x 20cm stainless steel blocks and one pure
lead block of the same dimensions stacked together.
trC1l
Each of
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measurement interval.
The intensity of
'6N
decay photons
10
measurement.
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Spectral
data was also acquired with the water turned off (so that no
'6N
These
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It was also
were placed between the gamma ray source and detector for
radiography investigation.
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This
This
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One dimensional
respectively shown in FIGS. 4a, 4b; 5a, 5b; 6a, 6b; and 7a,
7b, as measured and recorded by the present invention.
The
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material parameters.
21
10
arrangement.
Of FIG. 8d.
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(lo2)
Two dimensional
With such
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The
materials.
20
generator.
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10
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Oxygen in the
3H(d,n)4He reaction.
at 6.129
decay
I
for use in radiographic analysis.
7.13-second '%
The
materials.
f r'e
. I
I5
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Floi-~
Meter1
FIG.
"t
FIG. 2
1 direction
* .
..
0
3
3
d-
*.
CU)
.-..
N W LIS0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Scan Direction
FIG.4a
FIG.4b
I-
y-Ray+P
Scan Direction
FlG.5a
Sba*
FIG.5b
1.
Iscan Direction
FIG.6b
+
.
Fe
Pb
Q&C
. Fe
FIG.7b
..
e-
FIG, 8 b
FIG.8c
0.2
0.2
FIG.8d
0.1
0.7
-6.0 2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0 1O.O'tZ.O 1 4 . 0