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2×1010 n/s DD-neutron yield achieved in a compact RF-ion-source-driven neutron generator

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center has developed a high-yield compact deuterium-deuterium neutron generator for neutron imaging based on a RF ion source. After multiple technical iterations, a maximum neutron yield of 2.09×10 10 n/s has been successfully achieved. Furthermore, the neutron yield has stably operated above 1×10 10 n/s for 3 hours, with an effective operating time exceeding 99.8%. This result lays a solid technical foundation for the application of neutron imaging in the future and marks the first reported neutron source based on a RF ion source to achieve a neutron yield exceeding 10 10 n/s.

Source: Physics Open

DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2025.100341