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and are suitable for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). This technique involves injecting a malignant tumour with non-radioactive boron, then bombarding the site with the neutrons, triggering ...

which are called rapid neutron-capture process (r-process) and slow neutron-capture process (s-process), and each are roughly ...

EVEN if care is taken to ensure constant conditions of irradiation, both with respect to the dosage of fast and slow neutrons ... following thermal neutron capture in solids, is generally less ...