Jim is correct here. If any of us really make the 10e6 neutron machine that is fully CPU controled the run times will increase markedly.
Re-evaluation of the neutron hazards are a must along the way.
As I note in a subsequent posting here, we need to look at FLUX for dosage purposes. We should continue to report in isotropic neutron outputs though.
A seemingly huge neutron number at a point of emission is a whimpy flux at just one meter. Remember, the stuff falls of as the square of the distance between your body and the inner grid.
I will be very curious once one crosses the 50kv inoput voltage level in a fusor whether the X-ray hazards exceed the neutron hazards. While this is a neutron metrology review, we must never forget the possibility of significant x-radiation hazards and take data here too.
Richard Hull
Created on Monday, March 12, 2001 11:15 AM EDT by Richard Hull