362results about "Nuclear targets" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of isotope production, in particular to a welding-free target capsule for isotope production and a manufacturing method of the welding-free target capsule. The welding-free target capsule comprises a target material used for generating isotopes under bombardment of high-energy particles; the first metal film covers one side of the target material; the second metal film covers the other side of the target material; wherein the first metal film and the second metal film are made of materials with ductility; the edge of the first metal film and the edge of the second metal film are attached to each other on the peripheral side of the target material and are folded into an annular sealing structure. In the invention, the metal film with good ductility is used as a coating material of the target material, and the sealing structure is formed by folding the connecting part of the metal film, so that the target capsule can be ensured to efficiently dissipate heat in a water-cooling environment, the manufacturing mode of the sealing structure can be improved, the manufacturing steps of the sealing structure are simple and easy to implement, and the manufacturing cost of the target capsule is further reduced.

The invention relates to a closed circulation 226Ra solution target system for producing 225Ac. The closed circulation 226Ra solution target system comprises a solution type 226Ra target, an isotope target bin, a valve, a 226Ra solution circulation structure, a radium actinide separation structure, a radium lead separation structure, a photon detection system I, a photon detection system II, a heat exchange system, a pressure reduction radon evaporator and a radon treatment system, and the solution type 226Ra target comprises a solution circulation pipeline and a radium-containing solution. The radium-containing solution is contained in the closed solution circulating pipeline; the solution circulating pipeline comprises a main loop pipeline and two branch pipelines; the photon detection system I, the 226Ra solution circulation structure, the pressure reduction radon evaporator, the heat exchange system, the valve and the photon detection system II are sequentially arranged on the main loop pipeline; and the radium actinide separation structure and the radium lead separation structure are respectively arranged on the two branch pipelines. The system can improve the preparation efficiency and yield of 225Ac.

The invention discloses a gas target device for isotope production, and the gas target device comprises a seat body which is provided with a channel; the water-cooled jacket body is mounted on the seat body, and the water-cooled jacket body is provided with a water-cooled cavity for circulating a water-cooled medium; the target body is installed on the base body and comprises a target body, the target body is located in the water cooling cavity and is provided with a target cavity, and the target cavity, the channel and the accelerator beam leading-out port are sequentially arranged in the set direction. According to the gas target device for isotope production disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the water-cooled jacket body is arranged for cooling the target body, so that the target body is prevented from being damaged due to overhigh temperature of the target gas, the target gas can receive beam irradiation with higher flow intensity, and the isotope yield is improved.

The present invention relates to a device-produced medical isotope 225 Photonuclear reaction preparation in Ac production technology 225 Ac radium target design, specifically involving a method for producing 225 Ac's 226 Ra isotope target and its application. 226 The Ra isotope target comprises a nickel substrate, 226 Ra isotope sample, nickel electroplating layer and nickel protective shell; wherein, 226 The Ra isotope sample is evenly concentrated in the center of the nickel substrate, and the nickel electroplating layer covers 226 The outer surface of the Ra isotope sample, and the nickel substrate and nickel electroplating layer will 226 The Ra isotope sample is wrapped in the middle; the nickel protective shell wraps the nickel electroplating layer. 226 Ra isotope targets can be used in electron linear accelerators as a photonuclear reaction production 225 Ac raw material target, can improve 225 Production of Ac isotopes.

The present invention relates to a production 225 Closed cycle of Ac 226 Ra solution target system. The closed cycle 226 Ra solution target system includes solution type 226 Ra target, isotope target chamber, valve, 226 Ra solution circulation structure, radium-actinium separation structure, radium-lead separation structure, photon detection system I, photon detection system II, heat exchange system, vacuum radon evaporator and radon treatment system, among which, solution type 226 The Ra target includes a solution circulation pipeline and a radium-containing solution, and the radium-containing solution is contained in a closed solution circulation pipeline; the solution circulation pipeline includes a main loop pipeline and two branch pipelines; the photon detection system I, 226 The Ra solution circulation structure, vacuum radon evaporator, heat exchange system, valve and photon detection system II are sequentially arranged on the main loop pipeline; the radium-actinium separation structure and the radium-lead separation structure are respectively arranged on the two branch pipelines. 225 Preparation efficiency and yield of Ac.

A radioisotope target station, including a target housing. The target housing includes a target material, and a target backing material. The radioisotope target station includes a loader mechanism comprising at least one jaw configured to secure the target housing, a loading position comprising a magazine, wherein the magazine is configured to hold two or more target housings, an irradiation position comprising a beam, where the beam is configured to irradiate the target housing orthogonally, a cooling fluid source fluidly coupled to the loader mechanism, where the cooling fluid source is configured to cool the target housing as the target housing is irradiated, and an ejection position comprising an ejector and an ejection chute, where the ejector is configured to detach the target housing from the loader mechanism and the ejection chute is configured to receive the target housing when detached.

The present invention relates to the technical field of isotope production equipment and provides a target device for isotope production based on a high-current particle accelerator, comprising: a target chamber and a target assembly; the target chamber having an inner cavity and a side facing the beam having a plurality of beam holes arranged in an array, the beam holes being covered with target windows; the target assembly comprising a target frame; the target frames being arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the target windows, and at least one mounting position for a target capsule being provided in the target frame in the axial direction of the beam holes; openings being provided on both sides of the target frame, and a plurality of target frames arranged in a preset direction forming a group; the side openings of the target frames in the same group corresponding to each other and forming independent coolant flow channels with the inner wall of the target chamber; each target capsule having a gap on both sides along the axial direction of the beam hole for coolant to flow through; and a plurality of water inlet holes and water outlet holes corresponding to the plurality of coolant flow channels being provided on both sides of the target chamber. This arrangement can effectively reduce the temperature rise of the target material under high beam intensities, enabling isotope production at beam intensities above the milliampere level.

The invention discloses a method for efficiently generating high-brightness gamma radiation, and belongs to the technical field of radiation. A relativistic electron beam is injected into the porous microstructure foam target material, and high-brightness gamma ray radiation is generated. According to the method, the used device is simple, only the single relativistic electron beam and the porous microstructure foam target material are needed to interact, compared with a traditional uniform-density solid material, the energy conversion efficiency in the interaction process of the electron beam and a substance can be remarkably improved, and the energy conversion efficiency can be remarkably improved through the effective constraint effect of a high-intensity magnetic field. And the problems of low energy conversion rate, low light source brightness, poor radiation directivity, complex device or difficulty in experiment implementation and the like of the existing high-energy gamma ray radiation source are solved.

The utility model discloses a spin coating target and an accelerator with the spin coating target, and the spin coating target comprises a shell which is provided with a vacuum cavity; the target base body is rotatably arranged in the vacuum cavity, and an annular coating area is defined on one side of the target base body; the liquid target material is used for coating the coating area so as to enable the coating area to form a target surface which can be bombarded by a set beam to generate neutrons; at least one part of the coating device is arranged in the vacuum cavity, and the coating device is used for coating the coating area with the liquid target material; and the at least one cooling device is arranged close to the target base body to cool the target surface. According to the spin-coating target disclosed by the embodiment of the utility model, the spin-coating device is arranged to coat lithium on the coating area, so that the problem that the service life of a rotary lithium target is short under the condition that the power density of a proton accelerator is very large can be solved, the supply of lithium on the target surface can be maintained, and the service life of the spin-coating target can be prolonged.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical equipment, and particularly relates to an accelerator-based detachable sealed water-cooling solid-state lithium target which comprises a lithium target body, the lithium target body comprises a target seat assembly and a target disc assembly, the target seat assembly comprises a target seat body, the target seat body is of a cylindrical structure, a cooling plate is arranged at the bottom end of the target seat body, and a cooling water channel groove is formed in the upper surface of the cooling plate; the side wall of the cooling plate is provided with a water inlet joint and a water outlet joint which are respectively connected with two ends of the cooling water channel groove; the target disc assembly comprises a target disc body, the target disc body is clamped in the target seat body, the target disc body is of a cylindrical structure, a copper substrate is horizontally and fixedly arranged in the target disc body, a lithium layer is arranged on the upper surface of the copper substrate, an annular connecting plate is arranged on the outer side wall of the top end of the target disc body, and the connecting plate is detachably and fixedly connected with the top end of the target seat body. The target seat assembly and the target disc assembly are of a split structure and are connected through the connecting plate, the target disc assembly can be detached from the target seat assembly during replacement, the workload of replacement operation is reduced, the working efficiency is improved, and meanwhile the replacement cost is reduced.

The utility model provides a rotary neutron target. The rotary neutron target comprises a neutron generation layer, a hydrogen diffusion layer and a cooling device, the cooling device comprises a cooling substrate and a rotating shaft, the cross section of the cooling substrate is circular, and the rotating shaft is vertically and fixedly connected to the circle center of the cooling substrate; the cross sections of the neutron generation layer and the hydrogen diffusion layer are of a first annular structure and a second annular structure respectively, and the first annular structure and the second annular structure are the same in shape and area. The hydrogen diffusion layer, the neutron generation layer and the cooling substrate are coaxially arranged, the hydrogen diffusion layer is arranged above the cooling substrate, and the neutron generation layer completely covers the hydrogen diffusion layer. According to the structure, all protons enter the hydrogen diffusion layer, and heat generated by the neutron generation layer and the hydrogen diffusion layer on the rotating neutron target is rapidly taken away, so that the heat is uniformly distributed, and high temperature of the target material caused by proton aggregation is avoided; according to the structure, proton energy deposition is basically in the hydrogen diffusion layer, the neutron generation layer is effectively protected, and the service life of the neutron target is prolonged.

A radiation device comprises at least a vacuum chamber (1), an electromagnetic accelerator (8) for generating a primary energy beam of ions inside the vacuum chamber (1), and a layer of material (S) carried by a support (4) rotating in the vacuum chamber (1) to generate a flow of particles when a series of nuclear fusion reactions are triggered on the material (S) thanks to the energy of said beam, and wherein the support (4) is hollow and sealed defining a rotating three-dimensional surface that surrounds a containment volume for a cooling liquid in heat exchange with the layer of material (S), such rotating three-dimensional surface defining a heat exchange surface wetted by the liquid, and wherein a level of the free surface of the liquid on the heat exchange surface moves upwards in use due to the action of the centrifugal acceleration generated by the rotation of the support (4).

The invention relates to an isotropic thermal neutron radiation field angle distribution uniformity control device and method, and the device is characterized in that a particle accelerator is used for emitting a high-energy charged particle beam with a beam position; the beryllium target is placed along the emission line of the high-energy charged particle beam, and the high-energy charged particle beam bombards the beryllium target to generate charges; the insulation isolation gasket is wound on the outer side of the beryllium target and prevents the charges from being led out from the outside through the beryllium target; and the adjusting assembly is connected with the beryllium target and used for acquiring the electric charge quantity on the beryllium target, and is connected with the particle accelerator and used for adjusting the angle of the high-energy charged particle beam irradiating to the beryllium target. According to the invention, the purposes of preventing the charges from being exported outwards based on the insulation isolation gasket and obtaining the charge quantity by the adjusting assembly to adjust the particle accelerator are achieved, so that after the insulation isolation gasket with low cost is used for isolation, the charge quantity is detected to adjust the particle accelerator, and the technical effect of effectively saving the cost is achieved.

An ion implantation system has a first linear accelerator for accelerating ions of an ion beam to a first energy along a beam path. A second linear accelerator positioned downstream of the first linear accelerator along the beam path accelerates the ions to a second energy. A charge stripper has a stripper tube with a passageway positioned between the first and second linear accelerators. A charge stripping medium is provided in the passageway to strip at least one electron from the ions as the ion beam passes through the charge stripping medium. A focusing apparatus is associated with the stripper tube to control a trajectory of the ions within the passageway of the stripper tube. The focusing apparatus can be two or more quadrupoles and include an electrostatic lens, a magnet, a solenoid, or a Einzel lens.

The invention provides a rotating target for generating monoenergetic neutrons, which comprises a target chamber, a target sheet, a sealing flange and a vacuum system, the target sheet is composed of a TiD / TiT target material and a substrate, a deviation distance of 5-10mm exists between the center of the target material and the center of the substrate, the substrate is connected with a motor outside the target chamber through a fixed connecting rod, and the target chamber is driven by the motor to rotate at a speed of 3-5min / r. The target material is designed to be the eccentric target rotating slowly, so that the utilization rate of the target material can be improved, and the phenomena that the temperature of a single point is too high, a coating layer penetrates or falls off, enriched gas escapes and neutron yield fluctuation is caused due to the fact that beam bombards one position of the target material for a long time can be avoided. The energy width of neutrons generated by the rotating target is lower than 5%, the rotating target has good monochromaticity and low energy loss, the design precision requirement of the fourth-generation nuclear reactor can be met, and a possible guarantee is provided for commercialized popularization and application of the fourth-generation nuclear reactor.

The invention discloses an accelerator neutron source solid-state lithium target cooling device, and relates to the technical field of accelerator neutron source medical application. An annular heat pipe is arranged on the outer ring of the side portion of an oxygen-free copper substrate, a plurality of liquid absorption cores are arranged on the inner wall of the heat pipe, and meanwhile an inner cavity of the heat pipe is filled with a working medium; when heat is generated, the heat is firstly transferred to the oxygen-free copper substrate, the evaporation section of the heat pipe is heated, the working medium in the wick is quickly evaporated and gasified, the generated steam flows to the condensation section under the driving of differential pressure and is condensed into liquid in the condensation section and releases heat, and the liquid generated by condensation returns to the evaporation section again under the capillary action of the wick. The space of the arranged heat pipe is large, and in the aspect of heat dissipation, the working medium is subjected to gas-liquid phase change in the heat pipe under the action of the liquid absorption core, so that the accelerator is rapidly dissipated, heat on the solid target material film can be rapidly taken away, and the cooling effect on the accelerator is greatly improved.

This invention discloses a conveniently detachable, actively water-cooled solid-state deuterium target based on a compact neutron source, comprising a micron-sized solid titanium film, a titanium film carrier, and a water-cooled substrate. Deuterium is deposited in the solid titanium film by bombarding it with a deuterium ion beam, and neutrons are generated by collisions with the subsequent deuterium ion beam. Oxygen-free copper, with its high thermal conductivity, is used as the carrier for the titanium film. The threaded structure on the side of the titanium film carrier allows for convenient installation and removal from the water-cooled substrate. The oxygen-free copper substrate, with multiple annular water-cooling structures inside, enables rapid and effective removal of heat flux from the target, preventing deuterium particles deposited in the solid titanium film from desorbing due to excessive temperature, thus avoiding impact on neutron yield. This invention provides a conveniently detachable, actively water-cooled solid-state deuterium target suitable for compact deuterium-deuterium neutron generators, providing a sound technical foundation for the widespread application of compact accelerator neutron source systems in production and daily life.

A dual-radionuclide production target includes a first radionuclide target that produces a first radionuclide when irradiated by a particle beam from a radionuclide production system, and a second radionuclide target that produces a second radionuclide when irradiated by the particle beam that has passed through, and been degraded by, the first radionuclide target. With this design, the first radionuclide target serves two purposes: it reduces the beam energy to a suitable energy for isotope production on the second radionuclide target, and in-doing so becomes activated with a medically relevant radionuclide that can be easily extracted. In this way, in a single production run can produce two or more radionuclides.

The present disclosure relates to an accelerator lead-out window and a preparation method thereof, wherein an overall structure of the accelerator lead-out window is integrally formed by adopting an additive manufacturing method; a window film is made of titanium alloy, and each component ratio is calculated by a weight percentage, wherein Al:4.5-7.5%, Mo:4.1-6.9%, V:4.1-6.9%, Nb:3.1-4.5%, Cr 1.5-3.5%, Ta:0.5-1.5%, and the remaining amount is titanium and other unavoidable elements. A window frame is made of aluminum alloy, and each component ratio is calculated by a weight percentage, wherein Zn:5.1-6.9%, Mg:2.1-3.9%, Cu:1.2-3.9%, Cr:0.18-0.28%, Fe≤0.30%, Si≤0.15%, Ti≤0.15%, Mn≤0.10%, and the remaining amount is Al and other unavoidable elements.

The present application relates to the technical field of neutron source, and particularly provides a high-heat-carrying neutron target system, which aims to solve the problem of poor heat dissipation capacity of the neutron target system. To this end, the high-heat-carrying neutron target system comprises a base and a jet cylinder, the base comprises a first end portion and a second end portion; the jet cylinder is wrapped on the outer side of the base; and the high-heat-carrying neutron target system further comprises a turbulence structure, the turbulence structure comprises a first heat dissipation structure and a second heat dissipation structure for flowing cooling medium, the first heat dissipation structure is arranged on the base and penetrates through the base in the direction from the first end portion to the second end portion; and the second heat dissipation structure is arranged on the jet cylinder, the second heat dissipation structure is communicated with the first heat dissipation structure, and the cooling medium in the second heat dissipation structure flows into the first heat dissipation structure in a preset direction to form turbulence for the cooling medium in the first heat dissipation structure. In the present application, the second heat dissipation structure is used to effectively increase the turbulence degree of the cooling medium in the first heat dissipation structure, thereby greatly improving the heat exchange effect of the neutron target system.

Provided herein are high energy ion beam generator systems and methods that provide low cost, high performance, robust, consistent, uniform, low gas consumption and high current / high-moderate voltage generation of neutrons and protons. Such systems and methods find use for the commercial-scale generation of neutrons and protons for a wide variety of research, medical, security, and industrial processes.

The present invention provides a radionuclide production system and a radionuclide production method with which it is possible to produce radionuclides efficiently by improving the cooling of a target material containing a raw material nuclide and reducing contamination of the target material with impurities. A radionuclide production system comprises a particle beam irradiation device that generates a particle beam, and a target that generates radionuclides through irradiation with the particle beam. In the target, a target material containing a raw material nuclide that generates radionuclides is mounted on a target cooling plate for cooling the target material. The radionuclide production method comprises: forming a target in which a target material containing a raw material nuclide is mounted on a target cooling plate for cooling the target material; and producing radionuclides by irradiating the target with a particle beam or bremsstrahlung radiation while cooling the target material using the target cooling plate.

A quickly assemblable and disassemblable target part connecting structure for BNCT and a method therefor are provided. The target part connecting structure at least includes a target section, a pipeline section and at least one locking device configured to connect the target section and the pipeline section, where the locking device at least includes a lock body, a lock rod and a driving mechanism. The rapid connection and quick disassembly between the target section and the pipeline section can be achieved by driving the lock rod to telescopically move along an axial direction through the driving mechanism, the operation is simple, the assembly and disassembly efficiency is high, and the convenience of replacing the target section and maintaining a vacuum system in a BNCT system is improved.

An irradiation target for the production of radioisotopes comprises a plurality of plates having aligned central openings. First and second elongated central members extend in opposite directions through the aligned central openings of the plates. The first and second elongated central members each have a pair of wings at first and second ends of the plurality of plates, respectively. The first and second elongated central members further have a pair of tabs adjacent to the wings of the other elongated central member. Tabs of the first elongated central member are bent to engage one end face of the plurality of plates. Tabs of the second elongated central member are folded over the wings of the first elongated central member. The plates and the first and second elongated central members are formed of materials that produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) by way of neutron capture.

An in-situ cartridge comprises a substrate for holding a sample wherein said substrate comprises an electron transparent window for receiving said sample and at least one optical waveguide for illuminating said sample wherein a first edge of the at least one optical waveguide is optically couplable with a light source, wherein the at least one optical waveguide is integrated in the substrate and is extended from an edge of the substrate towards the electron transparent window. In this configuration, only the substrate carrying the sample needs to be modified. Bringing the optical waveguide in the vicinity of the sample allows for various additional light sensing techniques, as well as heating and application of electric fields.

An irradiation station for producing a radioisotope, having a cyclotron (32) for emitting a proton beam (B) against a solid target material (M) placed in a container (1) and a cooling system (33) for cooling the container (1). The container (1) has a wall (4) for supporting the solid target material (M) and a cavity (12), which borders the wall (4) and has an opening (14) transverse to the axis of the container (1). The cooling system (33) has a connection head (34) which is couplable to the opening (14) for circulating a cooling fluid in the cavity (12) and comprises a flow diverter (37), a tip (47) protruding from a hole (46) of the flow diverter (37) and movable along the hole (46) against the action of a spring (48) in contact with the tip (47), and an electrical connector (52) in contact with the spring (48). When the connection head (34) is coupled to the opening (14) the flow diverter (37) enters the cavity (12) coaxially with the container (1) and the tip (47) presses against the wall (4).

A system and method for producing radioisotopes such as molybdenum-99. The system comprises a first accelerator, a second accelerator, a first beamline, a second beamline, and a target. Using a pair of accelerators, beamlines are preferably fired at a target from opposite directions, thereby irradiating the target from both sides. The system can further comprise a target cooling system utilizing gaseous helium, a modular local target shielding comprised of boxes of either metal shot with liquid coolant or steel with concrete, and a hot cell for loading and unloading target disks.

The invention relates to the technical field of solid-state lithium target water cooling, in particular to a water-cooling supporting device for a boron neutron capture therapy solid-state lithium target. According to the technical scheme, the water cooling device comprises a water cooling base providing support, an inclination angle supporting support is installed on the top of the water cooling base, the section of the inclination angle supporting support is of a right triangle structure, a structural material is installed on the bevel edge of the inclination angle supporting support, and a cooling assembly is arranged on the structural material; a heat sink material is fixedly installed on the side, away from the dip angle supporting support, of the structural material, and cooling channel ribs are evenly arranged on one side of the heat sink material. The whole structure is compact, the heat removal problem of the accelerator neutron source BNCT solid-state lithium target can be simply, conveniently and efficiently solved, continuous, safe and stable operation of a neutron source system is guaranteed, the requirement for high-flux neutron yield is met, and the problems that the solid-state lithium target is short in service life due to lithium film evaporation, melting and the like and the target structure is unstable due to heating can be effectively solved.

The invention relates to a device (10) for generating a burst in secondary radiation (12), comprising a primary source (14) for generating primary radiation (16) and a secondary source (18) for generating the secondary radiation (12), wherein the device (10) is configured such that the primary radiation (16) strikes the secondary source (18) and thereby generates the secondary radiation (12), wherein the primary source (14) is configured for burst-mode operation in which several pulse-burst sequences (20), each consisting of several individual pulses (22), are generated, wherein the pulse-burst sequences (20) each have a duration in the range between 0.1 ms and 1 s. The invention further relates to a method for generating a burst in secondary radiation (12).

The invention belongs to the field of accelerators, and discloses a high-energy accelerator X-ray liquid-cooled rotating target and an accelerator, the high-energy accelerator X-ray liquid-cooled rotating target comprises an upper shell and a lower shell; the upper shell and the lower shell are fixedly connected through the electronic impact piece, and a disc-shaped cooling medium cavity is formed among the upper shell, the lower shell and the electronic impact piece. The electronic impact part comprises a target area and a heat conduction part, the target area is used for generating X-rays, and the heat conduction part is fixed to the upper shell and the lower shell and used for conducting heat to the upper shell and the lower shell; a spacer is arranged between the upper shell and the lower shell and divides the cooling medium cavity into an inflow cavity and an outflow cavity, the inflow cavity is located on the side, close to the lower shell, of the spacer, and the outflow cavity is located on the side, close to the upper shell, of the spacer; the disc-shaped water path is adopted in the rotating target, so that the heat exchange efficiency of cooling and heat dissipation of the rotating disc is improved, the cooling and heat dissipation effect is improved, the uniform degree of contact between the disc-shaped circulating water path and the peripheral wall of the inner side of the electronic impact piece is high, and the heat dissipation effect on the electronic impact piece is effectively improved.