The SLOWPOKE reactor is used for research and education, commercial applications such as neutron radiography, and medical radioisotope production; Iodine-125 is used in cancer therapy.
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In October 2014, PNL announced that it was awarded a $ 3 million contract by the U . S . Army to develop an advanced neutron radiography imaging system.
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It's also used for in situ measurements in mining and oil logging, for the control of raw materials in metallurgy, for the detection of explosives and in neutron radiography.
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This could be useful for Neutron radiography which can be used to locate hydrogen atoms in structures, resolve atomic thermal motion and study collective excitations of photons more effectively than X-rays.
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The first demonstration of neutron radiography was made by Hartmut Kallmann and E . Kuhn in the late nineteen thirties; they discovered that upon bombardment with neutrons, some materials emitted radiation that could expose film.
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Neutron penetration into materials makes californium useful in detection instruments such as fuel rod scanners; neutron radiography of aircraft and weapons components to detect corrosion, bad welds, cracks and trapped moisture; and in portable metal detectors.
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With contributions from private donors, the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Japanese Ministry of Education, between 1961 and 2001 the university owned and operated a TRIGA 100Kw research neutron radiography and energy research in Japan.
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By 1994 most californium-252 was used in neutron radiography ( 77.4 % ), with fuel rod scanning ( 12.1 % ) and reactor start-up ( 6.9 % ) as important but distant secondary uses.
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Neutron radiography uses the beam port facilities to image materials ( similar to x-ray techniques ) but has advantages when using hydrogen-bearing materials ( e . g . water or plastics ) as this is not effective for x-ray imaging.
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Neutron radiography is a commercially available service, widely used in the aerospace industry for the testing of turbine blades for airplane engines, components for space programs, high reliability explosives, and to a lesser extent in other industry to identify problems during product development cycles.
