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Facility for epithermal neutron beam for NCT
- underwater neutron line.
The line, mounted along the H2 beam tube axis, (figure 1.) consists of two pneumatic caissons - pool and core caissons. Both caissons are suitably shaped, welded aluminium boxes, coupled with a pneumatic emptying/refilling system. For the time of irradiation the caissons are filled with nitrogen, after irradiation are refilled with water, in order to restore the biological shield of the reactor.
Next important stage will be the construction of the fission converter at the mouth of the channel H2. Most likely, the direction of useful neutron beam will be different from the direction of the primary beam. Such deflection of the secondary beam would minimise the gamma component from the reactor.