Workshop on Accelerator based Neutron Production ABNP 2014

Name: Workshop on Accelerator based Neutron Production ABNP 2014
Start: 2014-04-14T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2014-04-15T17:30:00+02:00
Location: INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro

14 Apr 2014, 09:00 → 15 Apr 2014, 17:30 Europe/Rome

Aula Villi (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro)

Aula Villi

INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro

Viale dell'Universita' 2, 35020 Legnaro PD, ITALY

Marco Cavenago (LNL)

Description

The workshop "ABNP2014" will be held from 14^th to 15^th April 2014, at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro ITALY. The Conference programme will begin on Monday, April 14^th at 9.00 and will close on Tuesday, April 15^th in the afternoon.
The Workshop is organized in the framework of the Accelerator Application Network Activitiy (WorkPackage 4 of Eucard2 project), to foster knowledge of the applications capability of accelerators.

Scientific Committee
M. Cavenago (Chair), INFN Legnaro, Italy
R. Edgecock, Huddersfield University, UK
A. Lombardi, CERN, Switzerland
H. Owen, Manchester University, UK

Organizing Committee
M. Cavenago (Chair), INFN Legnaro, Italy
J. Esposito, INFN Legnaro, Italy
E. Fagotti, INFN Legnaro, Italy
T. Kulevoy, ITEP Moscow, Russia
A. Pisent, INFN Legnaro, Italy

Sponsored by:

Accelerator Application Network Activity (WorkPackage 4)

EuCARD-2 is an Integrating Activity Project for coordinated Research and Development on Particle Accelerators, co-funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Capacities Programme.

Contact

abnp2014@lnl.infn.it

Participants

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Monday 14 April
- Mon 14 Apr
- Tue 15 Apr
- 1
  
  The SPES project at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro
  
  Speaker: Gianfranco Prete (LNL)
  
  Slides
- 2
  
  BINP accelerator based neutron source
  
  Speaker: Dr Sergey Taskaev (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics)
  
  Slides
- 3
  
  Accelerator Based Epithermal Neutron Source for BNCT using Thin Layered Solid Lithium Target
  
  Speaker: Mr Ryo Fujii (Cancer Intelligence Care Systems, Inc.)
  
  Slides
- 11:00
  
  Coffee break
- 4
  
  High-Power Proton Irradiation and Neutron Production with a Free Surface Liquid-Lithium Target
  
  Speaker: Mr Shlomi Halfon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Soreq NRC)
  
  Slides
- 5
  
  ANEM: a rotating composite neutron production target for Single Event Effects Studies at the 70 MeV Cyclotron of LNL-INFN
  
  Speaker: Luca Silvestrin (PD)
  
  Slides
- 6
  
  Neutron generators at JST “NIIEFA” for nuclear physics, detectors and neutron therapy
  
  Speaker: Dmitry Solnyshkov (JSC "NIIEFA")
- 7
  
  Recent measurements using monoenergetic and thermal neutrons at the National Physical Laboratory
  
  Speaker: Dr Catalin Matei (National Physical Laboratory)
  
  Slides
- 13:00
  
  Lunch
- 14:15
  
  Brief visit to Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro and SPES
- 8
  
  Construction Status of BNCT Facility Using an 8-MeV HIgh Power Proton Linac in Ibaraki, Japan
  
  Speaker: Dr HITOSHI KOBAYASHI (KEK, HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION)
  
  Slides
- 9
  
  Measurement of neutron yield by 62 MeV proton beam on thick berillium target
  
  Speaker: Mikhail Osipenko (GE)
  
  Slides
- 16:20
  
  Coffee break
- 10
  
  Welcome of LNL Director
  
  Speaker: giovanni fiorentini (infn)
- 11
  
  Cyclotron Test site for high power proton beams
  
  Speaker: Luciano Calabretta (LNS)
  
  Slides
- 12
  
  Reliable Injectors for High Power Accelerators
  
  Speaker: Santo Gammino (LNS)
  
  Slides
- 13
  
  Hyperion Accelerator Technology for BNCT
  
  Speaker: Dr Noah Smick (GT Advanced Technologies)
  
  Slides
- 14
  
  Neutron spectrometry from thermal to GeV with single-moderator instruments
  
  Speaker: Roberto Bedogni (LNF)
  
  Slides
Tuesday 15 April
- Mon 14 Apr
- Tue 15 Apr
- 15
  
  High intensity accelerators for neutron production
  
  Speaker: Andrea Pisent (LNL)
  
  Slides
- 16
  
  The European Spallation Source Accelerator
  
  Speaker: Dr John Weisend II (ESS)
  
  Slides
- 17
  
  Targets for RIB Production
  
  Speaker: Dr Daniel Stracener (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  
  Slides
- 10:30
  
  Coffee break
- 18
  
  Thin Beryllium target for Be(d,n)-driven BNCT
  
  Speaker: Prof. Andres J. Kreiner (CNEA & UNSAM)
  
  Slides
- 19
  
  Recent developments of the CERN-ISOLDE neutron spallation source
  
  Speaker: Thierry Stora (CERN-ISOLDE)
  
  Slides
- 20
  
  All: Discussion: Promising applications and technologies for neutron production targets; report guidelines (conveners: M. Cavenago, R. Edgecock)
- 13:00
  
  Lunch
- 21
  
  The Line for Fast Neutron Irradiation of Electronic Components for the European Spallation Source
  
  Speaker: Dr Alberto Milocco (Universita' di milano-Bicocca)
  
  Slides
- 22
  
  Perspectives on Accelerator Neutron Production for BNCT
  
  Speaker: Prof. Stuart Green (University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust)
  
  Slides
- 23
  
  B. Phoenix, The development of a BNCT facility at Birmingham University using a solid lithium target
  
  Speaker: Mr Phoenix Ben (The University of Birmingham)
  
  Slides
- 15:10
  
  Coffee break
- 24
  
  Imaging-guided BNCT applications: from physics to biology and medicine
  
  Speaker: Dr Laura Evangelista (Oncological Institute of Veneto IOV - IRCCS)
  
  Slides
- 25
  
  The high power target for LENOS Project at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro of INFN
  
  Speaker: Pierfrancesco Mastinu (LNL)
  
  Slides
- 26
  
  All: Discussion: workshop conclusion; guidelines for documentation of results (conveners: M. Cavenago, R. Edgecock)
  
  Minutes
- 27
  
  Closing Remarks