Cockcroft-Walton neutron generator

Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the major components of a Cockcroft-Walton type neutron generator...

Johnson, A. G. Tritium Considerations Associated with the Operation of Cockcroft-Walton-Type Neutron Generators. U. S. Atomic Energy Commision. Unpublished report (1965). 

Figure 19.11. Schematic diagram of a Cockcroft-Walton 4-MeV neutron generator.

Accelerators provide a variety of nuclear reactions for production of neutrons. Cockcroft-Walton accelerators can generate 14.8 MeV neutrons by accelerating deuterons ( H) onto a tritium target to produce 10 -10 neutrons s Cyclotrons and linear accelerators can produce high-energy neutrons with a broad spectrum of energies in spallation reactions that result from the bombardment of heavy elements by charged particles. 

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