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New Neutron Imaging Facility NIFFLER at Very Low Power Reactor VR-1
The paper describes the construction of the neutron imaging facility at the very low-power research reactor VR-1. The training reactor VR-1 is operated by the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic. It is mainly used for the education of students in the field of nuclear engineering as...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9866622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36662113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jimaging9010015 |
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author | Matouskova, Jana Schillinger, Burkhard Sklenka, Lubomir |
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description | The paper describes the construction of the neutron imaging facility at the very low-power research reactor VR-1. The training reactor VR-1 is operated by the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic. It is mainly used for the education of students in the field of nuclear engineering as well as for the training of professionals. Neutron imaging is the new field of VR-1 reactor utilisation currently under development. Extremely low reactor power at the level of 100 W brought many challenges that were necessary to overcome to build and commission a sustainable neutron radiography facility. The paper describes the reactor’s neutron flux verification and the basic concept and design of the neutron imaging instrumentation. The first experimental results were mainly dedicated to testing the detection system for different radial beam port configurations, different L/D ratios, and different exposure times. Preliminary results of neutron radiography and tomography measurements at VR-1 clearly showed the potential of using neutron imaging in low-power reactors such as the VR-1 reactor. |
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spelling | pubmed-98666222023-01-22 New Neutron Imaging Facility NIFFLER at Very Low Power Reactor VR-1 Matouskova, Jana Schillinger, Burkhard Sklenka, Lubomir J Imaging Article The paper describes the construction of the neutron imaging facility at the very low-power research reactor VR-1. The training reactor VR-1 is operated by the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic. It is mainly used for the education of students in the field of nuclear engineering as well as for the training of professionals. Neutron imaging is the new field of VR-1 reactor utilisation currently under development. Extremely low reactor power at the level of 100 W brought many challenges that were necessary to overcome to build and commission a sustainable neutron radiography facility. The paper describes the reactor’s neutron flux verification and the basic concept and design of the neutron imaging instrumentation. The first experimental results were mainly dedicated to testing the detection system for different radial beam port configurations, different L/D ratios, and different exposure times. Preliminary results of neutron radiography and tomography measurements at VR-1 clearly showed the potential of using neutron imaging in low-power reactors such as the VR-1 reactor. MDPI 2023-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9866622/ /pubmed/36662113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jimaging9010015 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Matouskova, Jana Schillinger, Burkhard Sklenka, Lubomir New Neutron Imaging Facility NIFFLER at Very Low Power Reactor VR-1 |
title | New Neutron Imaging Facility NIFFLER at Very Low Power Reactor VR-1 |
title_full | New Neutron Imaging Facility NIFFLER at Very Low Power Reactor VR-1 |
title_fullStr | New Neutron Imaging Facility NIFFLER at Very Low Power Reactor VR-1 |
title_full_unstemmed | New Neutron Imaging Facility NIFFLER at Very Low Power Reactor VR-1 |
title_short | New Neutron Imaging Facility NIFFLER at Very Low Power Reactor VR-1 |
title_sort | new neutron imaging facility niffler at very low power reactor vr-1 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9866622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36662113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jimaging9010015 |
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