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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on May 15, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2007 126(1-4):69-73; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm015
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The new hybrid thermal neutron facility at TAPIRO reactor for BNCT radiobiological experiments

J. Esposito1,*, G. Rosi2 and S. Agosteo3

1 INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, viale dell'Università 2, I-35020, Legnaro (PD), Italy
2 FIS-ION, ENEA-Casaccia, via Anguillarese 301, I-00060 Santa Maria di Galeria (Roma), Italy
3 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano, via Ponzio 34/3, I-20133, Milano, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy

* Corresponding author: juan.esposito{at}lnl.infn.it

A new thermal neutron irradiation facility, devoted to carry out both dosimetric and radiobiological studies on boron carriers, which are being developed in the framework of INFN BNCT project, has been installed at the ENEA Casaccia TAPIRO research fast reactor. The thermal column, based on an original, hybrid, neutron spectrum shifter configuration, has been recently become operative. In spite of its low power (5 kW), the new facility is able to provide a high thermal neutron flux level, uniformly distributed inside the irradiation cavity, with a quite low gamma background. The main features and preliminary benchmark measurements of the Beam-shaping assembly are here presented and discussed.


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