SRF2013 - List of Authors (Clemenza, M.)

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TUP035	Neutron Activation Analysis as a Foreign Intrusion Cavity DetectionTool	495
	C. Maiano, P. Michelato INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI), Italy M. Clemenza Universita Milano Bicocca, MILANO, Italy C. Pagani Università degli Studi di Milano & INFN, Segrate, Italy
	Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) is one of the currently available techniques used to determine contaminants in Nb superconducting cavities, allowing a non-destructive determination of foreign materials, provided they have radioactive isotopes with a sufficiently long half-life. We present the NAA technique application with the goal of contaminants determination, identification and localization for the European XFEL 3rd harmonic cavities (3.9 GHz). Irradiation and analysis has been performed in collaboration with the LENA nuclear reactor (Pavia, Italy) and the University of Milano Bicocca. The main difference respect to the measurements performed in the past is the goal to apply of the NNA directly to entire cavities and not to material samples. Currently nine samples were exposed to thermal and fast neutron flux and the resulting activity was measured with HPGe detectors.

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Neutron Activation Analysis as a Foreign Intrusion Cavity DetectionTool

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C. Maiano, P. Michelato
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI), Italy
M. Clemenza
Universita Milano Bicocca, MILANO, Italy
C. Pagani
Università degli Studi di Milano & INFN, Segrate, Italy

Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) is one of the currently available techniques used to determine contaminants in Nb superconducting cavities, allowing a non-destructive determination of foreign materials, provided they have radioactive isotopes with a sufficiently long half-life. We present the NAA technique application with the goal of contaminants determination, identification and localization for the European XFEL 3rd harmonic cavities (3.9 GHz). Irradiation and analysis has been performed in collaboration with the LENA nuclear reactor (Pavia, Italy) and the University of Milano Bicocca. The main difference respect to the measurements performed in the past is the goal to apply of the NNA directly to entire cavities and not to material samples. Currently nine samples were exposed to thermal and fast neutron flux and the resulting activity was measured with HPGe detectors.