Status of low-energy accelerator-based BNCT worldwide and in Argentina

D E Cartelli; M E Capoulat; M Baldo; J C Suárez Sandín; M Igarzabal; M F Del Grosso; A A Valda; N Canepa; M Gun; D M Minsky; G Conti; J Erhardt; H R Somacal; A A Bertolo; J Bergueiro; P A Gaviola; A J Kreiner

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109315

Status of low-energy accelerator-based BNCT worldwide and in Argentina

Appl Radiat Isot. 2020 Dec:166:109315. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109315. Epub 2020 Aug 18.

Authors

D E Cartelli¹, M E Capoulat¹, M Baldo², J C Suárez Sandín², M Igarzabal², M F Del Grosso³, A A Valda⁴, N Canepa², M Gun⁵, D M Minsky¹, G Conti², J Erhardt², H R Somacal⁴, A A Bertolo², J Bergueiro², P A Gaviola², A J Kreiner⁶

Affiliations

¹ CNEA, Av. Gral Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Martín de Irigoyen Nº, 3100 1650, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET, Av. Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
² CNEA, Av. Gral Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
³ CNEA, Av. Gral Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET, Av. Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁴ CNEA, Av. Gral Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Martín de Irigoyen Nº, 3100 1650, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁵ CNEA, Av. Gral Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Facultad de Ingeniería, UBA, Paseo Colón 850, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁶ CNEA, Av. Gral Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Martín de Irigoyen Nº, 3100 1650, San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET, Av. Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: kreiner@tandar.cnea.gov.ar.

PMID: 32966949
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109315

Abstract

Existing and active low-energy Accelerator-Based BNCT programs worldwide will be reviewed and compared. In particular, the program in Argentina will be discussed which consists of the development of an Electro-Static-Quadrupole (ESQ) Accelerator-Based treatment facility. The facility is conceived to operate with the deuteron-induced reactions ⁹Be(d,n)¹⁰B and ¹³C(d,n)¹⁴N at 1.45 MeV deuteron energy, as neutron sources. Neutron production target development status is specified. The present status of the construction of the new accelerator development laboratory and future BNCT centre is shown.

Keywords: (9)Be(d,n)(10)B and (13)C(d,n)(14)N reactions; Accelerator-based BNCT; Accelerator-based projects worldwide; Argentine electrostatic quadrupole accelerator.