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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7-8 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
The SPES-BNCT ongoing project of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) is aimed at the construction at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL) of an accelerator-based (AB), high-flux thermal neutron beam facility devoted to boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) experimental treatment of extended skin melanoma, in the framework of SPES (selective production of exotic species) project. The neutron source will be produced via the (9)Be(p,xn) reactions by a 5 MeV, 30 mA proton beam into a thick beryllium target. The resulting neutron spectrum is slowed down using a beam shaping assembly (BSA), for which modeling is in an advanced neutronic design stage. An overview on the BSA current status, based on the Be neutron converter prototype designed and already constructed, is reported.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1872-9800
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S274-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The BSA modeling for the accelerator-based BNCT facility at INFN LNL for treating shallow skin melanoma.
pubmed:affiliation
INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Via dell'Università, 2, I-35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy. cesar.sanchez@lnl.infn.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies