fast neutron

Fast neutron reactors are a different technology from those considered so far.

However, fast neutrons can be very destructive to human tissue.

The k values generally increased with increasing fast neutron energy.

Several centers around the world have used fast neutrons for treating cancer.

However, from 2020 it is intended to make more use of fast neutron reactors.

It is also a potential energy source for particular (fast neutron) reactors.

Fast neutrons, in contrast, have enough energy to split uranium 238.

The later type of experiment requires a fast neutron flux.

However, fast neutron reactors can then use this material and complete its consumption.

A data base is presented from which the potential performance of a fast neutron beam may be assessed.

Since 1950, he administered the project for creating the Soviet fast neutron reactor.

A clinical trial of fast neutron radiation therapy to the tumor.

By mid-century fast neutron reactors are seen as the main technology.

That would mean the citizens of Hiroshima were mainly hit by fast neutrons.

The alternative of using little or no graphite results in a faster neutron spectrum.

Fast neutrons have an advantage in the transmutation of nuclear waste.

His thesis was on the interaction of fast neutrons with helium.

At the same time several fast neutrons are emitted from the split nucleus.

In nuclear reactors, it is used as a moderator for fast neutrons.

Russia was, at the date, the only country that operates fast neutron reactors for energy production.

Fast neutrons can also be made into a beam to provide accurate positional data.

Detection of fast neutrons poses a range of special problems.

This can also be done using photo-neutron probes or pulse fast neutron analysis.

A search for fast neutron detectors without a threshold.

It is not as effective as ordinary water for stopping fast neutrons.