Author/Editor     Rant, J; Pregl, G; Glumac, B; Ravnik, M
Title     Utilization of neutron beams of the Ljubljana Triga Mark II reactor
Type     članek
Source     IAEA-Tecdoc
Vol. and No.     , št. 837
Publication year     1995
Volume     str. 55-66
Language     eng
Abstract     The utilization of the Ljubljana TRIGA Mark II Reactor neutron beams in research and applications during the last 5 years is described. The main areas of Ljubljana TRIGA neutron beam utilization are currently: - Neutron radiography (NR), using thermal, resonance and fast neutrons, - Neutron induced autoradiography (NIAR) using Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SS-NTDs) along with various other autoradiographic techniques, - Irradiations of biological and medical samples with fission neutrons of the U-235 thin fission plate in dry exposure cell, - Experimental exercises within the scope of the training of the technical personal of the Nuclear Power Plant KRŠKO, - Introduction of the k0-method of neutron activation analysis. Characteristic for the past research and applications utilizing neutron beams of the Ljubljana TRIGA reactor is the extremely low cost (typically a few 1000 US$) of the investment into the experimental ewuipment and accompanying instrumentation. Due to the lack of adequate fundin or insufficient interest for fundamental research some activities using common neutron beam techniques as thermal neutron scattering experiments, neutron diffraction tecniques and prompt gamma neutron activation analysis have been suspended since 1980. However, some fundamental research has still been performed or is in course in neutron radiography, neutron induced autoradiography and various applications of SSNTD-s. A selected bibliography of our recent work in the above fields is presented. After rebuilding and refurbishment of the Ljubljana TRIGA reactor and its upgrading to the pulsed operation in 1992/1993 and with the changed atmosphere toward the basic research there are optimistic plans to revive at least part of these and past activities, indluding neutron scattering studies.(Abstract truncated at 2000 characters.)
Descriptors     NUCLEAR REACTORS
FAST NEUTRONS
RADIOGRAPHY
AUTORADIOGRAPHY
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS