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[http://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/pubs_catalogue/uploads/Report-vPREPUB.pdf  TRIUMF task force report 2008]
 
[http://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/pubs_catalogue/uploads/Report-vPREPUB.pdf  TRIUMF task force report 2008]
  
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1.) you get about <math>10^{12} \frac{neutrons}{s kW}</math> when a 30 MeV electron beam hits a converter like Tungsten producing photons which hit a 5 cm thick Moly target.
 
1.) you get about <math>10^{12} \frac{neutrons}{s kW}</math> when a 30 MeV electron beam hits a converter like Tungsten producing photons which hit a 5 cm thick Moly target.
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2.) The <math>(\gamma, n)</math> X-sect peaks at 160 mbarns when the photon energy is 15 MeV

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TRIUMF task force report 2008

The above report suggests that

1.) you get about [math]10^{12} \frac{neutrons}{s kW}[/math] when a 30 MeV electron beam hits a converter like Tungsten producing photons which hit a 5 cm thick Moly target.

2.) The [math](\gamma, n)[/math] X-sect peaks at 160 mbarns when the photon energy is 15 MeV