Newly constructed compact accelerator-based neutron facility at AIST

Koichi Kino; Takeshi Fujiwara; Michihiro Furusaka; Noriyosu Hayashizaki; Hidetoshi Kato; Ryunosuke Kuroda; Koji Michishio; Takemi Muroga; Hiroshi Ogawa; Brian E. O'Rourke; Nagayasu Oshima; Daisuke Satoh; Norihiro Sei; Tamao Shishido; Ryoichi Suzuki; Masahito Tanaka; Yo Tomota; Hiroyuki Toyokawa; Akira Watazu; Kazuro Furukawa; Kazuyuki Nigorikawa; Takashi Obina

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202023101002

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E3S Web of Conferences 231, 01002 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023101002

Newly constructed compact accelerator-based neutron facility at AIST

Koichi Kino¹^,2^*, Takeshi Fujiwara¹^,2, Michihiro Furusaka¹^,2, Noriyosu Hayashizaki¹^,2^,3, Hidetoshi Kato¹^,2, Ryunosuke Kuroda¹^,2, Koji Michishio¹^,2, Takemi Muroga², Hiroshi Ogawa¹^,2, Brian E. O'Rourke¹^,2, Nagayasu Oshima¹^,2, Daisuke Satoh¹^,2, Norihiro Sei¹^,2, Tamao Shishido², Ryoichi Suzuki¹^,2, Masahito Tanaka¹^,2, Yo Tomota¹^,2, Hiroyuki Toyokawa¹^,2, Akira Watazu¹^,2, Kazuro Furukawa¹^,4, Kazuyuki Nigorikawa¹^,4 and Takashi Obina¹^,4

¹ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
² Innovative Structural Materials Association (ISMA), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
³ Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
⁴ High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

^* Corresponding author: koichi.kino@aist.go.jp

Published online: 11 March 2020

Abstract

We have constructed a compact accelerator-based neutron facility at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan aiming at development of structural materials of transportation vehicles for weight reduction. The facility consists of electron linear accelerator, neutron source, and a neutron beamline with a measurement hutch. Currently we are commissioning the accelerator and expecting a first neutron beam in 2019.

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