Within the Jülich High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) project Forschungszentrum Jülich is developing a novel High Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Source (HiCANS). The HBS generates neutrons using nuclear (p,n) reactions caused by a pulsed proton beam. The target has a design life of one year. Due to the high activation after one year of operation, the replacement process must be carried...
Within the High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) project, Forschungszentrum Jülich is developing a novel High Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Source (HiCANS). The concept is scalable, ranging from low-flux university-based sources to high-flux facilities equipped with a full instrument suite for user operation. At the heart of any neutron source is the target, which determines both neutron...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory operates the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), which provides high-intensity slow neutron beams for a variety of condensed matter, engineering, and basic physics applications with a 2 MW 1.3 GeV proton beam incident on a mercury target. The fast neutrons produced in the target must be efficiently moderated to low energies via moderators, sometimes called cold...
