Patent ID: 11903117
Assignee: PHOENIX NEUTRON IMAGING LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
inserting a first target, from a set of at least two targets, into an ion beam accelerator,
activating the ion beam accelerator for a length of time such that an ion beam strikes the first target, thereby generating neutrons and causing the first target to become a first radioactive target;
removing the first radioactive target from the ion beam accelerator;
inserting a second target, from the set of at least two targets, into the ion beam accelerator;
activating the ion beam accelerator for a length of time such that an ion beam strikes the second target, thereby generating neutrons and causing the second target to become a second radioactive target;
identifying that the first radioactive target has cooled over time to become substantially or fully non-radiative to generate a cooled first target, and inserting the cooled first target into the ion beam accelerator; and
activating the ion beam accelerator for a length of time such that an ion beam strikes the cooled first target, thereby generating neutrons and causing the first cooled target to become a re-radioactive first target.