Neutron generator
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Pulse neutron generator accelerators generate neutrons of 2.5 and 14.1 MeV. Thousands of such small, relatively inexpensive systems have been built over the past five decades. Neutrons, usually bonded to protons, are 'fired' as plasma.
In 2001, Dr. Leung Ka-Ngo Leung and his colleagues in Berkeley Lab's Accelerator and Fusion Research Division (AFRD) developed the neutron generator that produces short neutron pulses by pulsing instead of using a mechanical chopper. The purpose of these devices is to create a small amount of radiation at a determined point. This would enable them to be used in brain tumor therapy and to be used in airport security systems.
External link
- New Way to Make "Neuts" (http://www.er.doe.gov/Science_News/feature_articles_2001/november/New_way/New_Way.htm), DOE Science News