A moveable neutron imaging facility using D-T neutron source based on a compact accelerator

Sheng Wang; Wei Yin; Bin Liu; Hang Li; Yong Sun; Chao Cao; Yang Wu; He-Yong Huo; Shi-Lei Zhu; Ben-Chao Lou; Chun-Lei Wu; Bin Tang

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109564

A moveable neutron imaging facility using D-T neutron source based on a compact accelerator

Appl Radiat Isot. 2021 Mar:169:109564. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109564. Epub 2020 Dec 14.

Authors

Sheng Wang¹, Wei Yin¹, Bin Liu¹, Hang Li¹, Yong Sun¹, Chao Cao¹, Yang Wu¹, He-Yong Huo¹, Shi-Lei Zhu¹, Ben-Chao Lou¹, Chun-Lei Wu¹, Bin Tang²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang of Sichuan Prov., 621900, China.
² Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang of Sichuan Prov., 621900, China. Electronic address: inpcnr@gmail.com.

PMID: 33338833
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109564

Abstract

A moveable multi-use neutron imaging facility was constructed based on a compact accelerator D-T neutron source, for use in thermal and fast neutron radiography and tomography. Experiments were carried out to investigate the imaging quality for different standard samples. The smallest width of a slit that can be tested by digitized thermal neutron radiography was found to be 0.06 mm, while the smallest diameter of holes tested by digitized fast neutron radiography was 0.5 mm. A gadolinium wire of 0.2 mm in diameter within a multi-material structure was reconstructed clearly with thermal neutron tomography, and holes in a light material were reconstructed with fast neutron tomography.

Keywords: Compact accelerator; D-T neutron source; Neutron radiography; Neutron tomography.