Neutristor in an inexpensive vacuum sealed package ready for testing

A neutristor is a mostly solid-state device, resembling a computer chip, invented at Sandia National Laboratories.[1][2][3] Its primary purpose is to act as a light-weight, cheaper, and safer alternative to standard neutron generation devices, benefiting industries and processes such as oilfield operations, heavy mechanical production, neutron activation analysis, and medicine due to these reduced costs. It operates on the standard operational principles of neutron generators. Additionally, Sandia National Laboratories is creating a new generation of neutristors that do not require a vacuum environment to operate

Advantages over standard accelerator-based neutron generators

The Neutristor is demonstrated to have many advantages over standard accelerator-based neutron generators, both in its size and its cost. Normal neutron generators use a three inch (7.5 cm) cylinder, too large for implanted neutron capture therapy and for neutron inspection of weld flaws.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World's smallest neutron generator - it's not just for nukes anymore". Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  2. ↑ "Neustristor: The Computer Chip-Shaped Neutron Source". Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  3. ↑ "Surface Mounted Neutron Generators Neutristor". Retrieved 2023-09-09.
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