Published July 2007 | Version v1
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Dual BNCT beam development at the RA-6 reactor facility

Creators

  • 1. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Description

A dual epithermal/mixed beam is available for BNCT applications at the RA-6 reactor facility. This switchable beam allows the selection of the best configuration in view of the tumour depth, optimizing the performance of the treatment. The mixed beam performance for skin melanomas has been exhaustively evaluated and the first human clinical trial has already been performed

Part of:
Utilization related design features of research reactors: A compendium

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URL
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TRS455_web.pdf; http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/publications.asp;

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA
Imprint Place
Vienna (Austria)
ISBN
92-0-112206-3
Imprint Title
Utilization related design features of research reactors: A compendium
Imprint Pagination
621 p.
Journal Issue
no. 455
Series
Technical reports series
Journal Page Range
p. 275-284
ISSN
0074-1914

INIS

Country of Publication
Austria
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38110927
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BEAMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIGURATION; DEPTH; HUMAN POPULATIONS; MELANOMAS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; RA-6 REACTOR; SKIN
Descriptors DEC
BODY; CARCINOMAS; DIMENSIONS; DISEASES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EPITHELIOMAS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRON THERAPY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; POOL TYPE REACTORS; POPULATIONS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; TEST FACILITIES; TEST REACTORS; TESTING; THERAPY; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
19 refs, 6 figs
Secondary number(s)
STI/DOC--010/455