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   Fast neutron therapy

   Fast neutron therapy utilizes high energy neutrons typically greater than 20 MeV to treat cancer. Most fast neutron therapy beams are produced from proton beams impinging upon beryllium targets.
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   Fast neutron reactor

   A fast neutron reactor or simply a fast reactor is a category of nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons. ... Therapy
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   Neutron

   When a fast neutron collides with a light nucleus, it loses a large fraction of its energy. ... Neutron radiation and the Sievert radiation scale
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   Neutron temperature

   Fast reactors use unmoderated fast neutrons to sustain the reaction and require the fuel to contain a higher concentration of fissile material. ... Fast neutron reactor
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   Fast breeder reactor

   The fast breeder or fast breeder reactor (FBR) is a fast neutron reactor designed to breed fuel by producing more fissile material than it consumes. ... Removing these transuranics in a conventional reprocessing plant would be extremely difficult as many of the actinides emit strong neutron radiation, requiring all handling of the material to be done remotely, thus preventing the plutonium from being used for bombs while still being usable as reactor fuel.
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   Nuclear graphite

   Cyclotrons, which were the only fast-neutron sources available, would need several months of irradiation to produce damaging effects equivalent to one day in a Hanford reactor. ... This describes the behavior of nuclear graphite, specifically when exposed to fast neutron irradiation.
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   Gas-cooled fast reactor

   Classed as a Generation IV reactor, it features a fast-neutron spectrum and closed fuel cycle for efficient conversion of fertile uranium and management of actinides. ... Therapy
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   Neutron radiation

   Neutron radiation is often called indirectly ionizing radiation. ... A few reactors (fast neutron reactors) and all nuclear weapons rely on fast neutrons.
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   Fast fission

   Fast fission is fission that occurs when a heavy atom absorbs a high-energy neutron, called a fast neutron, and splits.
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    Liquid metal cooled reactor

    Fast neutron reactor cores tend to generate a lot of heat in a small space when compared to reactors of other classes. ... Therapy

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Fast neutron therapy,
• Fast neutron reactor,
• Neutron,
• Neutron temperature,
• Fast breeder reactor,
• Nuclear graphite,
• Gas-cooled fast reactor,
• Neutron radiation,
• Fast fission,
• Liquid metal cooled reactor