For the past several years, the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA) has provided ions of iron, silicon and gold, at energies from 600 MeV/nucleon to 10 GeV/nucleon, for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) radiobiology research program. NASA has recently funded the construction of a new dedicated ion ...
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In the framework of an advanced Exotic Ion Beam facility, named SPES (Study and Production of Exotic Species), that will allow a frontier program both in nuclear and interdisciplinary physics, an intense thermal neutron beam facility, devoted to perform Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) experimental treatments on skin melanoma tumor, is currently under ...
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In the framework of an advanced Exotic Ion Beam facility project, named SPES (Study and Production of Exotic Species), that will allow a frontier program in Nuclear and Interdisciplinary Physics, an intense thermal neutron beam facility, devoted to perform Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) experimental treatments on skin melanoma tumor is currently ...
... including radioisotope production, the AFRRI ... REACTORS, *THERMAL REACTORS, MILITARY ... EFFECTS, RADIOBIOLOGY, REACTOR FUEL ...
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The Idaho Accelerator Center (IAC) of Idaho State University has developed a unique radiation research facility to answer next-generation radiobiological questions. The IAC has 10 operating research accelerators. These include continuously delivered radiation beams such as a 950 keV electron beam and a 2 MeV light-ion Van de Graaff. The IAC also has a ...
... Accession Number : AD0149023. Title : A HIGH LEVEL COBALT 60 IRRADIATION FACILITY FOR RADIOBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. ...
Space radiation has long been acknowledged as a potential showstopper for long duration manned interplanetary missions. Our knowledge of biological effects of cosmic radiation in deep space is almost exclusively derived from ground-based accelerator experiments with heavy ions in animal or in vitro models. In an effort to gain more information on space radiation risk and to develop ...
Space radiation has been long acknowledged as a potential showstopper for long duration manned interplanetary missions Our knowledge of biological effects of cosmic radiation in deep space is almost exclusively derived from ground-based accelerator experiments with heavy ions in animal or in vitro models In an effort to gain more information on space radiation risk and to develop countermeasures ...
Within the Petten BNCT project a thermal neutron facility for radiobiological studies is needed for further test and development of boron compounds. The Argonaut reactor of ECN, the Low Flux Reactor oeprating at a power of 30 kW, offers opportunities for ...
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Radiobiological studies of hadrons beams are essential for optimizing tumour treatments. Whit hadrons when clinical facilities are running radiobiological studies are also done to ensure beam optimization and quality control as well as for the understanding of tumour and normal tissue reactions and late effects. Beam characteristic ...
... TRIGA is an acronym for Training, Research ... performed each year using the reactor. ... ISOTOPES, *NUCLEAR REACTORS, *MEDICAL RESEARCH ...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Physics Division The Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator Pulsed Neutron Source The ORELA is a powerful electron accelerator-based neutron source...
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... Accession Number : ADA141109. Title : Surface Doses in the Cobalt-60 Facility at Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute. ...
The design is described of a low-dose cobalt-60 irradiation facility for use in chronic animal exposure studies. (C.H.)
In support of its mission the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) operates a medium sized research nuclear reactor. The reactor is used to generate radiations, primarily neutrons and gamma rays, which are used to conduct experimental biom...
The Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Inst.(AFRRI) is the primary DOD facility for scientific research in the field of radiobiology and related matters, It conducts applied and basic research that is essential for the operational and medical support of t...
The Chalk River Laboratories of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. was a major centre for Accelerator based physics for the last fifty years. As early as 1946, nuclear structure studies were started on Cockroft-Walton accelerators. A series of accelerators followed, including the world's first Tandem, and the MP Tandem, Superconducting Cyclotron (TASCC) ...
... Use of a Radiotherapy Treatment-Planning Computer for Dosimetry of the AFRRI (Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute) Cobalt-60 Facility ...
... born at the instant of fission, reactors would instantaneously ... When the reactor is in the steady-state ... A neutron startup source is necessary to ensure ...
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... a traveling microwave type high-energy linear electron ... for placing and aligning most types of experiments ... The typical dose rate gradient in ER 3 is ...
Jul 25, 2006 ... We propose the development of automated systems to improve radiobiology ... and tissues, both in suspension and attachment culture modes, ...
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Summaries of research programs in radiological physics, including dosimetry, microdosimetry and the Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF), and biophysics and radiobiology are presented. (CE8)
This report provides a cost analysis for decommissioning the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) TRIGA reactor facility. AFRRI is not suggesting that the AFRRI TRIGA reactor facility be decommissioned. This report was prepared in complian...
From second European conference of TRIGA reactor users; Pavia, Italy (13 Sep 1972). In TRIGA Owners' Conference. The development of a standard neutron irradiation facility (SNIF) to be used in TRIGA reactors for radiobiological studies is described. (9 references) (auth)
The reactor facility at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute consists of a TRIGA Mark-F reactor with two large walk-in exposure rooms and a pneumatic tube facility. Operation of the reactor adjacent to these rooms results in signigicant 41Ar p...
... better understanding of mechanisms of radiobiological effects at low doses would test the validity of the linear, no-threshold (LNT) model. Microbeam facilities are powerful tools for ... ...
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Accelerator-based atomic physics experiments at Brookhaven presently use heavy-ion beams from the Dual MP Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator Facility for atomic physics experiments of several types. Work is presently in progress to develop experiments which will use the intense photon beams which will be available in the near future from the ultraviolet (uv) ...
The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) is proposed as an advanced accelerator-based neutron source for high-flux irradiation testing of large-sized fusion reactor components. The facility would require only small extensions to exi...
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An exhaustive safeguards report is presented for the DASA-TRIGA research reactor which is to be used for the production of intense fluxes of ionizing radiation for research into the field of radiobiology as well as for training, research, and isotope production. The report includes a site and facility description, reactor design, nuclear analysis, ...
This publication provides a simplified technical description of the TRIGA research reactor at AFRRI. Topics covered include general principles of reactor operation and a description of the TRIGA reactor and its unique features.
During the first years of Bevalac operation the biomedical effort concentrated on radiobiology work, laying the foundation for patient radiotherapy. A dedicated radiotherapy area was created in 1978, and in 1979 full-scale patient treatment was begun. As ...
Operational requirements of the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) TRIGA reactor necessitate the implementation of fuel follower control rods (FFCR's). This technical report discusses the operational and safety aspects of FFCR installati...
This book is a compilation of the short status reports on current experiments on intermediate energy physics and on high energy physics. The projects of new facilities and the results of radiobiological research are presented. (Atomindex citation 26:03862...
A proposed beam line for the Linac facility at the Armed Forced Radiobiology Research Institute was studied. The proposed beam line is based on available components. Beam transport optics were done with a computer program named TRANSPORT. Some additional ...
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The AFRRI TRIGA Mark F reactor has, since 1965, played an important role in the radiobiological research conducted at AFRRI. The purpose of this paper is to describe the experimental facilities and dosimetry techniques used in support of these radiobiology programs and to present a brief summary of current programs. The AFRRI TRIGA ...
Exposure to space radiation has long been acknowledged as a potential showstopper for long-duration manned interplanetary missions. In an effort to gain more information on space radiation risk and to develop countermeasures, NASA initiated several years ago a Space Radiation Health Program, which is currently supporting biological experiments performed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. ...
The Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF) is based on a 4-MV Van de Graaff accelerator, which is used to generate a variety of well-characterized radiation beams for research in radiobiology and radiological physics. The experiments run at RARAF are described, and center on neutron dosimetry, mutagenesis, and neutron-induced oncogenic ...
A facility for testing the effectiveness of high energy neutrons for the treatment of malignant tumors has been constructed at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The first neutrons were produced by the bombardment of 66-MeV protons on a beryllium target in July, 1975. After physically characterizing the neutron beam and performing preliminary ...
The Rotating Target Neutron Source (RTNS-II) facility provides an intense source of 14-MeV neutrons for the fusion energy programs of Japan and the United States. Each of the two identical accelerator-based neutron sources is capable of providing source strengths in excess of 3 x 10/sup 13/ n/s using deuteron beam currents up to 150 mA. The present status ...
The facilities provided by the medical research cyclotron are described and present applications in medical research are reviewed. The cyclotron provides a fast neutron beam suitable for use in radiotherapy and radiobiological research; deuteron and alpha particle beams for research in fundamental radiobiology, biochemistry, ...
There is a continuing interest in the use of microbeam systems designed to deliver ionizing radiation (both photons and particles) with a resolution of a few micrometers or less in biological targets. With more than 30 facilities currently in operation, several new research topics can be explored. In the 9th International Microbeam Workshop held in Darmstadt, Germany, in July ...
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerated Based Sciences is a multi-disciplinary research centre, operated by the National Research Foundation. It provides national accelerator and ancillary facilities for research and training in physical, biomedical, chemical and material sciences, research in, and the treatment of, cancer with energetic ...
The d-Li Neutron Source concept, which includes a high-current dueteron linac, is an outgrowth of attempts made to use the BNL, 200-MeV proton linac BLIP facility to do radiation damage studies. It included a 100 mA, 30-MeV deuteron linear accelerator and...
Research and development activities are summarized in the following areas: Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility, nuclear physics, the UNISOR program, accelerator-based atomic physics, theoretical physics, nuclear science applications, atomic physics and plasma diagnostics for fusion program, high-energy physics, the nuclear data project, and the ...
The technologies that are being utilized to design and build the target systems for a state-of-the-art accelerator- based neutron source, the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), are discussed. Emphasis is given to the technology issues that present the greatest challenges. The present facility configuration, ongoing analysis, and ...
Fermilab's hadron physics research continues in all its accelerator-based programs. These efforts will be identified, and the optimization of the Fermilab schedules for physics will be described. In addition to the immediate plans, the Fermilab Long Range Plan will be cited, and the status and potential role of a new proton source, the Proton Driver, is described.
A single-cell test stand has been constructed at LLNL for studies aimed at improving the performance of the FXR radiographic facility. It has guided the development of diagnostics, pulsed power improvements, machine maintenance, and interface issues relevant to the entire accelerator. Based on this work, numerous machine improvements ...
A proposal to design, construct, and operate a D--Li intense neutron source for CTR materials research is discussed. Information pertaining to the following areas is given: (1) radiation damage effectiveness, (2) Linac design and performance, (3) target design and performance, (4) experimental area design, (5) construction schedule, (6) construction costs, (7) preliminary design and ...
threshold for accelerator boron neutron capture therapy. Med. Phys. 27(1), 192�202 (2000). 11. Schmid, EAN ACCELERATOR-BASED NEUTRON MICROBEAM SYSTEM FOR STUDIES OF RADIATION EFFECTS Yanping Xu1 2010 A novel neutron microbeam is being developed at the Radiological Research Accelerator Facility
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Accelerator-based transmutation is being studied by ECN within its general nuclear waste transmutation programme RAS. In this paper the following contributions are presented: 1) Evaluation of cross sections at intermediate energies, within an international frame given by NEA, 2) Cell calculations on the equilibration of transuranium actinides in thermal molten-salt ...
