Re: switchable neutron sources

[Ted de Castro <tdc@xrayted.com>]

You are right!  I stand corrected - not a typo - a mis remembered.  And
I'm only about 100 ft from it right now!  BUT I have never seen it
actually used here!

Joseph_W_Joe_DeMers@rl.gov wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I think that the reference should be to "Sb-BE" in this case, it would be an
> antimony-beryllium source.  I just figured it was a typo.
> 
> Joe DeMers
> CH2M Hill Hanford Group, Inc
> Richland WA
> 509-376-7781
> joseph_W_(joe)_demers@rl.gov
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael McNaughton [mailto:mcnaught@lanl.gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 2:17 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: switchable neutron sources
> 
> 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
> phone: (505)667-6130
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