Published 1997 | Version v1
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Biomedical neutron research at the Californium User Facility for neutron science

Creators

  • 1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
  • 2. Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN (United States)
  • 3. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Description

The Californium User Facility for Neutron Science has been established at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The Californium User Facility (CUF) is a part of the larger Californium Facility, which fabricates and stores compact 252Cf neutron sources for worldwide distribution. The CUF can provide a cost-effective option for research with 252Cf sources. Three projects at the CUF that demonstrate the versatility of 252Cf for biological and biomedical neutron-based research are described: future establishment of a 252Cf-based neutron activation analysis system, ongoing work to produce miniature high-intensity, remotely afterloaded 252Cf sources for tumor therapy, and a recent experiment that irradiated living human lung cancer cells impregnated with experimental boron compounds to test their effectiveness for boron neutron capture therapy

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also available from OSTI as DE97005125; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
20 p.
Report number
CONF-970424--4

Conference

Title
4. international conference on methods and applications of radioanalytical chemistry.
Dates
6-11 Apr 1997.
Place
Kona, HI (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28074748
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIUM 252; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON SOURCES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; NEUTRON THERAPY; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NUCLEI; PARTICLE SOURCES; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THERAPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC05-96OR22464
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).