Neutron Delivery Systems NDS 2023
ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick
ILL4
Many Thanks to you all for your participation in a successful workshop!
We look forward to seeing you all at NDS2026!
In the mean time please take a look at the presentations that can be found in the timetable material section.
Also a photo gallery will soon be available!
Best regards from the NDS2023 Team!
From the 10th to 12th July 2023, the ILL is organising the 6th International Workshop on Neutron Delivery Systems in Grenoble, France. For more details on dates and times please check our timetable.
We will share new insights concerning projects and installations from various neutron sources all over the world. A three-day event is proposed including talks with key leaders in the neutron community and a visit of the ILL experimental halls with their new guides and instruments.
The following topics will be addressed:
- Review of newly installed or planned neutron guide systems worldwide
- Progress in neutron guide design, innovative concepts and materials
- Flux measurement methods and guide system monitoring
- Advances in mirror and super-mirror science and technology (reflectivity, polarization, non-magnetic mirrors, ...)
- Simulation of neutron sources, compact sources and neutron transport
- Neutron optics (monochromators, polarisers, focusing, time of flight, ...)
- Shielding (Radioprotection, background, ...)
- Neutron guide lifespan and maintenance
- Moderation of neutrons for the production of cold and ultra-cold neutrons
In addition to the presentations, there will be a specialized exhibition of leading industrial suppliers from Neutron Delivery System engineering.
The call for abstracts is now open! Please submit your propositions here.
All chosen speakers are required to submit 1-3 pages which will be published in our event brochure.
At the ILL, we strive to create open discussion platforms that are accessible to all interested parties and especially to young engineers or scientists.
So what are you waiting for, just click here to register!
If you would like to become a sponsor or an exhibitor please contact NDS2023@illfr for more details regarding sponsorship options and tariffs.
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Welcome : Registration and networking with light lunch buffet 2hSpeaker: Sarah Kelleher
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Welcome 10m
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Session 1: New guide systems 1
New guide systems 1
Conveners: Charles Dewhurst (ILL), Jerome Beaucour, Michael Kreuz (Institut Laue-Langevin), Stan Lee (ANSTO), benjamin giroud-
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ILL 2023 program and long shutdown activities 20m
In 2020, the ILL launched the multiannual ILL20-23 programme, which combines a major upgrade of the instrument suite (Endurance) with additional security and safety improvements for the reactor operations. ILL20-23 has been conducted based on a master resource-loaded programme schedule for coordinating instrumentation work and reactor activities during long shutdowns, whilst securing a maximum number of reactor cycles.
We will present the program organisation and way of operating as well as the work achieved during the most recent 2021-2022 long reactor shutdown period, a crucial part of the ILL20-23 programme. Dozens of ILL employees have indeed been involved in what has been a particularly intense period. The work has called for concerted efforts and goodwill of ILL staff within the Projects and Techniques (DPT), Reactor (DRe) and the Science Division (DS) and the Administration division.
As a result, the H1H2 long shutdown has been completed in line with its forecasted 16-month duration and on budget, leading to unpreceeding reliability and safety levels of its neutron reactor, the delivery of a fully modernised H24 guide, the primary part of the future H15 guides as well as a number of new world-class instruments now in operation.Speaker: Jerome Beaucour -
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Renewal of the H1-H2 Guide System at the ILL Research Reactor 20mSpeaker: Michael Kreuz (Institut Laue-Langevin)
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Innovative neutron guide replacement at the Institut Laue Langevin: The H24 (thermal) and H15 & H16 (cold) neutron guides 20mSpeakers: Charles Dewhurst (ILL), benjamin giroud
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The use of Copper substrates for Neutron guides at ESS 20mSpeaker: Hansdieter Schweiger (European Spallation Source)
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Break 10m
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Session 2: Neutron Optics
Neutron Optics
Conveners: Andreas Freund, Jens Birch (Linköping University), Pierre Courtois, Mr Veres Tamas-
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Recent achievements in advanced diffractive optics for neutron monochromators at ILL 20m
Recent achievements in advanced diffractive optics for neutron monochromators at ILL
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Vertical to horizontal beam double monochromator for reflectometry at BNC 20mSpeaker: Mr Veres Tamas
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Hybrid neutron monochromator systems 20mSpeaker: Andreas Freund
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11B/10B-modulated boron carbide neutron interference mirrors 20mSpeaker: Jens Birch (Linköping University)
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Coffee Break 20m
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Session 3: Polarization
Polarization
Conveners: Dmitry Gorkov (University of Cologne / FRMII), KI-Yeon KIM (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Thierry Bigault-
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KOMPASS – the polarized cold neutron triple-axis spectrometer optimized for polarization analysis 20mSpeaker: Dmitry Gorkov (University of Cologne / FRMII)
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Realization of an advanced broadband supermirror solid-state neutron polarizer for fundamental physics applications 20mSpeaker: Thierry Bigault
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Cold Neutron Guide Test Station with Polarization Analysis at HANARO 20mSpeaker: KI-Yeon KIM (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Industrial Exhibition & Morning Coffee 1h
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Session 4: New guide systems 2
New Guide Systems 2
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Planned upgrade of the primary spectrometer of OSIRIS 20mSpeaker: Adrien Perrichon
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Neutron shielding and transport calculations for the post-beryllium replacement HFIR cold guide hall 20mSpeaker: Kyle Grammer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering Recent Upgrades and Future Plans 20mSpeaker: Stan Lee (ANSTO)
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Coffee Break 20m
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Session 5: Source and applications
Sources and Applications
Conveners: Abdullah Shehada (National Research Tomsk Polytechnic university), Marton Marko (Centre for Energy Research), Pratyush Patel (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Sophie BOUAT (Science-S.A.V.E.D.)-
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Modified Collimator for Narrow Fast Neutron Beams in Neutron Therapy 20mSpeaker: Abdullah Shehada (National Research Tomsk Polytechnic university)
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Design and expected performance of the neutron guide systems at Breazeale Reactor at Penn State University 20mSpeaker: Marton Marko (Centre for Energy Research)
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Progress towards production of pulsed 2 keV and 24 keV neutrons, using neutron moderators and filters 20mSpeaker: Pratyush Patel (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
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Detection of hydrate plugs inside submarine pipelines using neutron activation analysis 20mSpeaker: Sophie BOUAT (Science-S.A.V.E.D.)
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Lunch 1h
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Industrial Exhibition & Coffee 1h 20m
Swiss neutronics
AVS
Nortemecanica
Boron Rubbers India
Mirrotron
RHP-Technology
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Session 6: Advanced concepts 1
Advanced Concepts 1
Conveners: Christoph HERB (TUM/MLZ), Klaus Lieutenant (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Richard Wagner, Roland Gähler-
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A Monte Carlo Simulation Framework for Nested Mirror Optics – Approach and Applications 20mSpeaker: Richard Wagner
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The new versions 3.5 and 4.0 of the VITESS simulation package 20mSpeaker: Klaus Lieutenant (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
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Nested Mirror Optics – Towards a New Generation of Neutron Transport Systems? 20mSpeaker: Christoph HERB (TUM/MLZ)
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Neutron beams with Intrinsic time structures - methods and possible applications 20mSpeaker: Roland Gähler
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Coffee Break 20m
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Session 7: Shielding & Engineering
Shielding
Conveners: Cameron Hart (Oak Ridge National Laboratories), Christoph Hauf (MLZ), Irina Popova (ORNL), Peter Torres (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas Miller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)-
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Monte-Carlo simulations of the new radiation shielding at the thermal beamport SR8 @ FRM II with SERPENT 2 20mSpeaker: Christoph Hauf (MLZ)
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Overview on Shielding Analyses for the VENUS Instrument at SNS 20mSpeaker: Irina Popova (ORNL)
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Shielding Analysis of the CHESS Instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source Second Target Station 20mSpeaker: Thomas Miller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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STS Standardized Neutron Delivery System Components 20mSpeakers: Cameron Hart (Oak Ridge National Laboratories), Peter Torres (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Gala Dinner 4h
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Session 8: New Sources
New Sources
Conveners: Junyang Cheng, Kenan Unlu (Penn State University), Luca Zanini, Paul Zakalek, Zsolt Ludanyi (Mirrotron Ltd.)-
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An Update on the Development of a Cold Neutron Source and Cold Neutron Beam Facilities at the Penn State Breazeale Reactor 20m
A third generation, mesitylene moderated cold neutron source (CNS) was designed, built and is being installed at the Penn State Breazeale Reactor (PSBR) at the Radiation Science and Engineer- ing Center (RSEC). The main components of the PSU-CNS are a cold source cryocooler system and neutron guide system. Components of the cold source cryocooler system are a vacuum system, helium circulating and buffer system, compressor system, and mesitylene moderator. Mesitylene, a room temperature liquid, is frozen to solid form in a chamber to act as the cooling moderator. Circulating helium lines are attached to a cryocooler used to cool and maintain cold temperature of the mesitylene moderator using the method of forced flow helium gas circulated between the refrigeration unit (Cryocooler). A helium loop cools and maintains a cold neutron mesitylene mod- erating material at about 20 K in a 10 cm diameter aluminum chamber located inside the D2O tank of the PSBR. The mesitylene moderator chamber, circulating helium lines, and moderator lines are isolated in a vacuum system for isolation from thermal transfer. The cold neutrons coming from the mesitylene chamber are transported out of the biological shield of the reactor with three super- mirror neutron guides. The in-pile neutron guide system of the PSU-CNS contains 3 independently adjustable in-pile segments. The supermirror neutron guide cross-sections are GT1- 40 x 40 mm, GT2- 25 mm x 70 mm, GT3- 25 mm x 25 mm constructed of borated float glass each ~5 mm thick with a surface coating of m=3 QC on all sides. Each is a 0 m radius straight guide of 2.8m in length. Each in-pile guide is separated with material effective for shielding neutron and gamma radiation. The shielding and guide section with independent adjustment features has been designed to inte- grate into the in-pile vacuum housing, with optimal guide alignment with the moderator chamber. The three in-pile guides extend to out-of-pile guides with several different sections for Small Angle Neutron Scattering, Neutron Depth Profiling and Prompt Gamma Activation guide systems with straight guides, beam benders, and parabolic focusing guides with different surface coatings. The neutron guide elements were designed and are being built by Mirrotron Ltd. Budapest, Hungary.
The PSBR is a 1 MW, TRIGA with moveable core in a large pool and with pulsing capabilities. In steady-state operation at 1 MW, the thermal neutron flux is 1x1013 n/cm2sec at the edge of the core and 3x1013 n/cm2sec at the central thimble. The PSBR can also pulse with the peak flux for maximum pulse ~ 6x1016 n/cm2sec with pulse half width of ~10 msec. The RSEC facilities are heavily used for nuclear science and engineering research and education. A detailed description of the PSU-CNS will be presented.Speaker: Kenan Unlu (Penn State University) -
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Investigation of Pancake-like Moderator-Reflector Structure for the High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) 20mSpeaker: Junyang Cheng
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The Compact Accelerator based Neutron Source (CANS) project “LvB” at Martonvásár, Hungary1 20mSpeaker: Zsolt Ludanyi (Mirrotron Ltd.)
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Coffee Break 30m
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Session 9: Advanced Concepts 2
Advanced Concepts 2
Conveners: Ioannis Katsioulas (European Spallation Source), Lukas Zavorka, Yasuhiro Fuwa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Dr Yoshihisa Iwashita (Kyoto University)-
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Beam monitoring strategy at the European Spallation Source 20mSpeaker: Ioannis Katsioulas (European Spallation Source)
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Optimization of neutron production at ORNL’s Second Target Station 20mSpeaker: Lukas Zavorka
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Neutron Mirror with Magnetic Repulsive Wall 20mSpeaker: Yasuhiro Fuwa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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Efficient Neutron Transport and Imaging with Magnetic Lenses 20m
Magnetic lenses have been developed for neutron beam transport. When the spin is parallel to the magnetic field, the neutron beam is focused by a sextupole magnet due to the magnetic dipole moment of the neutrons. On the other hand, the rest of the neutron beam is defocused. We are developing a powerful permanent magnet type sextupole lens which enables focal length modulation in synchronization with TOF. The status of the development research will be presented.
Speaker: Dr Yoshihisa Iwashita (Kyoto University)
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Lunch 1h
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Session 10: UCN
UCN
Conveners: Cornelis Doorenbos (Paul Scherrer Institute), Kenji Mishima (KEK), Mina Akhyani (EPFL), Skyler Degenkolb, Sohei Imajo (Osaka University)-
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Commissioning of the ultracold neutron guide system for the n2EDM experiment at PSI 20mSpeaker: Cornelis Doorenbos (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Ultra-cold neutron source using He-II at TRIUMF 20mSpeaker: Kenji Mishima (KEK)
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Brightify: A tool for calculating brightness in neutron sources (under the topic of simulation of neutron sources and neutron transport) 20mSpeaker: Mina Akhyani (EPFL, Switzerland)
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Characterization of intense cold neutron beams for superthermal ultracold neutron sources 20mSpeaker: Skyler Degenkolb
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Development of a UCN guide and other handling devices at J-PARC with pulsed UCNs 20mSpeaker: Sohei Imajo (Osaka University)
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Final Speech & Closing 20m
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Optional visits of ILL installations 1h 30m
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