Development of a Tandem-Electrostatic-Quadrupole facility for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

ANDRÉS J. KREINER; WALTER CASTELL; HUGO DI PAOLO; M. BALDO; JAVIER BERGUEIRO; ALEJANDRO A. BURLON; DANIEL CARTELLI; VLADIMIR THATAR VENTO; JOSÉ M. KESQUE; J. ERHARDT; J.C. ILARDO; ALEJANDO A. VALDA; MARIO E. DEBAY; HECTOR R. SOMACAL; J.C. SUAREZ SANDIN; M. IGARZABAL; H. HUCK; L. ESTRADA; M. REPETTO; M. OBLIGADO; J. PADULO; DANIEL M. MINSKY; MARÍA S. HERRERA; SARA J. GONZÁLEZ; M. E. CAPOULAT

APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Año: 2011 vol. 69 p. 1672 - 1675

0969-8043

We describe the present status of an ongoing project to develop a Tandem-ElectroStatic-Quadrupole (TESQ) accelerator facility for Accelerator-Based (AB)-BNCT. The project final goal is a machine capable of delivering 30 mA of 2.4 MeV protons to be used in conjunction with a neutron production target based on the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction. The machine currently being constructed is a folded TESQ with a high-voltage terminal at 0.6 MV. We report here on the progress achieved in a number of different areas.