TY - JOUR
T1 - The University of Texas Cold Neutron Source
AU - Ünlü, Kenan
AU - Ríos-Martínez, Carlos
AU - Wehring, Bernard W.
N1 - Funding Information:
chamber . We also thank T .L . Bauer and M . Krause of the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory for their considerable help and valuable discussions. C . Rios-Martinez expresses appreciation for financial aid from the University of Zacatecas and CONACyT, México . Finally, we are thankful to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Advanced Technology Program (Grant number : ATP-390) for funding this project .
PY - 1994/12/30
Y1 - 1994/12/30
N2 - A cold neutron source has been designed, constructed, and tested by the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory (NETL) at The University of Texas at Austin. The Texas Cold Neutron Source (TCNS) is located in one of the beam ports of the NETL 1-MW TRIGA Mark II research reactor. The main components of the TCNS are a cooled moderator, a heat pipe, a cryogenic refrigerator, and a neutron guide. 80 ml of mesitylene moderator are maintained at about 30 K in a chamber within the reactor graphite reflector by the heat pipe and cryogenic refrigerator. The heat pipe is a 3-m long aluminum tube that contains neon as the working fluid. The cold neutrons obtained from the moderator are transported by a curved 6-m long neutron guide. This neutron guide has a radius of curvature of 300 m, a 50 × 15 mm cross-section, 58Ni coating, and is separated into three channels. The TCNS will provide a low-background subthermal neutron beam for neutron capture and scattering research. After the installation of the external portion of the neutron guide, a neutron focusing system and a Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis facility will be set up at the TCNS.
AB - A cold neutron source has been designed, constructed, and tested by the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory (NETL) at The University of Texas at Austin. The Texas Cold Neutron Source (TCNS) is located in one of the beam ports of the NETL 1-MW TRIGA Mark II research reactor. The main components of the TCNS are a cooled moderator, a heat pipe, a cryogenic refrigerator, and a neutron guide. 80 ml of mesitylene moderator are maintained at about 30 K in a chamber within the reactor graphite reflector by the heat pipe and cryogenic refrigerator. The heat pipe is a 3-m long aluminum tube that contains neon as the working fluid. The cold neutrons obtained from the moderator are transported by a curved 6-m long neutron guide. This neutron guide has a radius of curvature of 300 m, a 50 × 15 mm cross-section, 58Ni coating, and is separated into three channels. The TCNS will provide a low-background subthermal neutron beam for neutron capture and scattering research. After the installation of the external portion of the neutron guide, a neutron focusing system and a Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis facility will be set up at the TCNS.
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U2 - 10.1016/0168-9002(94)91684-5
DO - 10.1016/0168-9002(94)91684-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33044494296
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 353
SP - 397
EP - 401
JO - Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
JF - Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
IS - 1-3
ER -