Fast neutron identification and spectroscopy is of great interest to nuclear physics experiments. Using the neutron elastic scattering, the fast neutron momentum can be measured. Wang and Morris introduced the theoretical concept that the initial fas...
The Monte Carlo method has been widely used as a standard method to perform neutron transport simulations in reactor physics. In conventional Monte Carlo codes corresponding to the neutron transport tracking with ray-tracing method, the distances to...
Using a 3D microscope imaging technique that we pioneered for alpha-track imaging of Solid-State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTDs), here, we present results from imaging of neutron-induced recoil proton tracks formed by exposing CR39-based detectors t...
(1) Background: Supercritical water-cooled reactors (SCWRs) and their smaller modular variants (SMRs) are part of the ‘Generation IV International Forum’ (GIF) on advanced nuclear energy systems. These reactors operate beyond the critical...
We provide a beam shape characterization of the VESUVIO spectrometer, at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, employing CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detectors and combining techniques including optical and electron microscopy, as well as Monte Carlo...
The assessment of boron microdistribution is essential to evaluate the suitability of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) in different biological models. In our laboratory, we have reported a methodology to produce cell imprints on polycarbonate thr...
In this work, the properties of LiF crystals grown using Li of different isotopic compositions are described from the standpoint of their application as fluorescent nuclear track detectors used in measurements in the neutron radiation fields. The cry...
Boron Neutron-Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a form of radiation therapy that relies on the highly localized and enhanced biological effects of the 10B neutron capture (BNC) reaction products to selectively kill cancer cells. The efficacy of BNCT is, ther...
Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGADs) are critical sensors for the ATLAS and CMS timing detectors at the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), offering enhanced timing resolution with gain factors of 20 to 50. However, their radiation tolerance...
A neutron detector using a fine-grained nuclear emulsion has a sub-micron spatial resolution and thus has potential to be applied as high-resolution neutron imaging. In this paper, we present two approaches to applying the emulsion detectors for neut...
Previously we characterized radiophotoluminescent (RPL) detectors for measuring both fast and thermal neutrons for personal monitoring. The linear response and angular dependence, which satisfies the ISO 21909 standard makes their application possibl...
An intensive disturbance of the heliosphere originating from a series of solar flares at the end of May 2025 revealed itself as an extremely strong Forbush decrease in the flux of galactic cosmic rays, which was observed at the worldwide network of n...
The behaviour of subsurface-reservoir porous rocks is a central topic in the resource engineering industry and has relevant applications in hydrocarbon, water production, and CO
This paper presents an integrated approach of discrete fracture network modelling for a naturally fractured buried-hill carbonate reservoir in the Jingbei Oilfield by using a 3D seismic survey, conventional well logs, and core data. The ant tracking...
Due to their excellent heat resistance, superalloys are used predominantly in the manufacturing of engine parts and accessories for aircraft and aerospace equipment. The Monte Carlo simulation (MCNP-5) code was performed to estimate the mean track le...
The technological aspects of the light inorganic crystalline compounds suitable to create scintillation materials to detect charged particles and neutrons in a wide energy range have been examined. Among them, Li2CaSiO4:Eu was found to be a prospecti...
With neutron diffraction, the local stress and texture of metallic components can be analyzed non-destructively. For both, highly accurate positioning of the sample is essential, requiring the measurement at the same sample location from different di...
The compound 3-((benzyloxy)carbonyl)bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-1-carboxylic acid was successfully synthesized. High-quality crystals were obtained, and its X-ray structure was solved and refined by Hirshfeld atom refinement using custom aspherical scatter...
In nuclear reactors, tracking the loss and production of neutrons is crucial for the safe operation of such devices. In this regard, the microscopic cross section with the Doppler broadening function is a way to represent the thermal agitation moveme...
Particle minibeam therapy has demonstrated the potential for better healthy tissue sparing due to spatial fractionation of the delivered dose. Especially for heavy ions, the spatial fractionation could enhance the already favorable differential biolo...
We report on the measurements of time resolution for double-sided 3D pixel sensors with a single cell of 50
Computationally modelling a nuclear reactor startup core for a benchmark against the existing models is highly desirable for an independent assessment informing nuclear engineers and energy policymakers. For the first time, this work presents a start...
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a type of radiation therapy for eradicating tumor cells through a 10B(n,α)7Li reaction in the presence of 10B in cancer cells. When delivering a high absorbed dose to cancer cells using BNCT, both the tim...
The present research uses in-situ neutron diffraction to examine the effect of grain refinement on grain growth during solidification of Al-5 wt.% Cu and Mg-5 wt.% Zn alloys. The alloys were grain refined through additions of Al-5Ti-1B and Zr, respec...
Diverse phenomena such as positron annihilation in the Milky Way, merging binary neutron stars, and dark matter can be better understood by studying their gamma ray emission. Despite their importance, MeV gamma rays have been poorly explored at sensi...
A study was performed to determine which transport events should be used to initiate a weight window lookup to achieve the best variance reduction performance. A weight window lookup potentially triggers particle splitting (in important regions of ph...
The GEMPix is a small gaseous detector with a highly pixelated readout, consisting of a drift region, three Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) for signal amplification, and four Timepix ASICs with 55 µm pixel pitch and a total of 262,144 pixels. A...
The vacuum vessel (VV) inside and outside inspection of the Demonstration Fusion Power Plant (DEMO) is very difficult due to various constraints, such as non-magnet effect material requirements, constrained space, and neutrons on its surfaces. We pro...
This paper shows the development of a freeze-drying stage for in-situ μ-CT measurements. The stage can operate in a temperature range of −40 °C up to 70 °C, and a pressure range from atmospheric pressure to 7 Pa at the sample holder....
We present a study on the radiation tolerance and timing properties of 3D diamond detectors fabricated by laser engineering on synthetic Chemical Vapor Deposited (CVD) plates. We evaluated the radiation hardness of the sensors using Charge Collection...
The increasing demand for critical metals essential for renewable energy technologies necessitates efficient and environmentally sustainable extraction methods. Ilmenite (FeTiO3) and similar ore deposits serve as abundant sources of primary elements...
Belle II is a particle physics experiment working at an high luminosity collider within a hard irradiation environment. The Time-Of-Propagation detector, aimed at the charged particle identification, surrounds the Belle II tracking detector on the ba...
OpenStack is a popular open-source cloud platform that orchestrates virtualized compute, storage, and networking resources. In such virtualized environments, packet traceability refers to the ability to track the path and transformations of network p...
Background: Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) represents a highly selective therapeutic modality for recalcitrant cancers, leveraging the nuclear reaction initiated by thermal neutron capture in boron-10 (10B) to deliver high-linear energy transfe...
In recent years, 3D pixel sensors have been a topic of increasing interest within the High Energy Physics community. Due to their inherent radiation hardness, demonstrated up to a fluence of
With growing interest in molten salts as possible nuclear fuel systems, knowledge of thermophysical properties of complex salt mixtures, e.g., NaCl-CeCl3, NaCl-UCl3 and NaCl-UCl4, informs understanding and performance modelling of the zero power salt...
Studying nanoscale self-assembly in real time using external stimuli unlocks new opportunities for dynamic and adaptive materials. While electrostatic self-assembly is well-established, real-time monitoring of its structural evolution under light irr...
(1) Background: Generation IV supercritical water-cooled reactors (SCWRs), including small modular reactor (SCW-SMR) variants, are pivotal in nuclear technology. Operating at 300–500 °C and 25 MPa, these reactors require detailed understand...