Re: switchable neutron sources

[Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@lanl.gov>]

At 03:09 PM 10/31/00 -0600, you wrote:
>SrBe comes to mind - LOTS of very hard gammas however!!
>Cook the Sr with a neutron source and then slip it into a Be sleeve.

Ted

how does this work, how does SrBe produce neutrons?

Thanks, mike
Mike McNaughton
Los Alamos National Lab.
email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov
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