CN107967954B - Horizontal neutron beam irradiation method, micro-reactor neutron treatment device and medical system - Google Patents

Horizontal neutron beam irradiation method, micro-reactor neutron treatment device and medical system Download PDF

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CN107967954B
CN107967954B CN201711189009.1A CN201711189009A CN107967954B CN 107967954 B CN107967954 B CN 107967954B CN 201711189009 A CN201711189009 A CN 201711189009A CN 107967954 B CN107967954 B CN 107967954B
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Abstract

The invention discloses a horizontal neutron beam irradiation method, a micro reactor neutron treatment device and a medical system, relates to the technical field of medical instruments, and aims to solve the technical problem that an existing micro nuclear reactor for a hospital neutron irradiator cannot treat tumors located in deep layers or only has a pore canal for irradiation treatment of the deep tumors. The invention relates to a micro-reactor neutron therapeutic device, which comprises: a neutron beam micro-stack for generating high epithermal neutron flux, comprising: a reactor central region, a fuel plate region surrounding the reactor central region, a bottom beryllium reflecting layer and a top beryllium reflecting layer; the central region of the reactor consists of fuel rods which are arranged according to triangle grids or equidistant concentric circumferences, and the fuel rods consist of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core body containing low enriched uranium; the fuel plate area is composed of a plurality of fuel plates containing low enriched uranium arranged in a regular polygon, and forms a closed or open annular structure.

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Horizontal neutron beam irradiation method, micro-reactor neutron treatment device and medical system
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of medical equipment, in particular to a horizontal neutron beam irradiation method, a micro-reactor neutron treatment device and a medical system.
Background
The existing neutron radiation therapy system adopts a proton accelerator to irradiate a target to generate neutrons as a neutron source or adopts a nuclear reactor as a neutron source. The center of emission from the neutron source is directed at the focal location of the patient for radiation therapy. The drawbacks of this system are: the accelerator is typically a linear accelerator, which occupies an excessive area and has only one outlet, which can only correspond to one examination or treatment room.
In order to solve the defects, in the prior art, a miniature nuclear reactor is adopted as a neutron source, and the miniature nuclear reactor is provided with two irradiation tunnels, so that tumors on the surface and the shallow layer of a human body can be irradiated and treated, but the neutron flux of epithermal neutrons is lower, and tumors in the deep layer can not be treated; there is also a epithermal neutron beam with higher flux at the bottom of the core, with three irradiation tunnel, with higher epithermal neutron flux at the bottom of the core, able to treat tumors up to 7cm deep, however the increase in epithermal neutron flux has reached a limit and cannot be further increased, and with this arrangement, a mini nuclear reactor has only one tunnel for irradiation treatment of deep tumors.
Therefore, it is an urgent need for a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art how to provide a micro-reactor neutron therapy device, a micro-reactor medical system, and a method for improving the horizontal neutron beam irradiation flux.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a micro-reactor neutron treatment device and a micro-reactor medical system, which are used for solving the technical problems that the existing micro-reactor for a neutron irradiator in a hospital cannot treat tumors located in deep layers or only one micro-reactor is provided with a pore canal for irradiating and treating the deep tumors.
The invention provides a micro-reactor neutron therapeutic device, comprising: a neutron beam mini-stack for generating a high epithermal neutron flux; the neutron beam micro-stack includes: a reactor central region, and a fuel plate region, a bottom beryllium reflecting layer and a top beryllium reflecting layer which are arranged around the reactor central region in a surrounding manner; the central region of the reactor consists of fuel rods which are arranged in a triangle grid or equidistant concentric circumference, and the fuel rods consist of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core body containing low enriched uranium; the fuel plate area is composed of a plurality of fuel plates which are arranged in a regular polygon and contain low enriched uranium, and forms a closed or open annular structure.
In practical application, the enrichment degree of the low-enriched uranium is less than 20%.
The core body of the fuel plate comprises uranium aluminum alloy or uranium zirconium alloy or uranium dioxide ceramic.
Alternatively, the core of the fuel rod comprises uranium dioxide ceramic.
In particular, the cladding of the fuel rod comprises a zirconium alloy.
Alternatively, the cladding of the fuel plate comprises an aluminum alloy or a zirconium alloy.
Further, a plurality of the fuel plates of the fuel plate region include a closed-loop arrangement in a circumferential direction of the reactor central region; the plurality of fuel plates includes 6 to 16.
Preferably 8.
Still further, the micro-stack neutron therapy device further comprises: the aluminum cylinder body, the reactor center area and the fuel plate area are both arranged in the aluminum cylinder body, and the gap in the aluminum cylinder body is filled with deionized water as the cooling agent and the slowing agent of the reactor.
Compared with the prior art, the micro-reactor neutron treatment device has the following advantages:
the invention provides a micro-reactor neutron therapeutic device, which comprises: a neutron beam mini-stack for generating a high epithermal neutron flux; wherein, neutron beam micro-stack includes: a reactor central region, and a fuel plate region surrounding the reactor central region, a bottom beryllium reflecting layer and a top beryllium reflecting layer; specifically, the central region of the reactor consists of fuel rods which are arranged in a triangular grid or equidistant concentric circumference, and the fuel rods consist of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core body containing low enriched uranium; further, the fuel plate area is composed of a plurality of fuel plates containing low enriched uranium arranged in a regular polygon, and forms a closed or open annular structure. According to analysis, in the micro reactor neutron treatment device provided by the invention, due to the arrangement of the anti-neutron trap of the reactor core, the fuel plate at the periphery of the reactor core generates neutron flux higher than that of the reactor core, namely, the anti-neutron trap is fully utilized to generate neutron beam current with high epithermal neutron flux for irradiation treatment, so that the epithermal neutron flux in an irradiation tunnel can be effectively improved under the condition of not improving the power of the reactor core, and the technical problem that the existing micro nuclear reactor for a neutron irradiator in a hospital cannot treat tumors located in deep layers or only has one tunnel for irradiation treatment of deep tumors is effectively solved.
The present invention also provides a micro-stack medical system comprising: the micro-stack neutron therapy device of any of the preceding claims.
The advantages of the micro-stack medical system and the micro-stack neutron therapy device are the same as those of the prior art, and are not described in detail herein.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for improving the irradiation flux of horizontal neutron beams, so as to solve the technical problem that the existing mini nuclear reactor for a neutron irradiator in a hospital cannot treat tumors located in deep layers, or that one mini nuclear reactor has only one duct for irradiation treatment of deep tumors.
The invention provides a horizontal neutron beam irradiation method, which comprises the following steps: the side beryllium ring is eliminated and a plurality of fuel plates are arranged around the outside of the central region of the reactor in a regular polygon.
Compared with the prior art, the horizontal neutron beam irradiation method provided by the invention has the following advantages:
the horizontal neutron beam irradiation method provided by the invention comprises the following steps: the side beryllium ring is eliminated and a plurality of fuel plates are arranged around the outside of the central region of the reactor in a regular polygon. According to analysis, in the horizontal neutron beam irradiation method provided by the invention, due to the arrangement of the anti-neutron trap of the reactor core, the fuel plate at the periphery of the reactor core generates neutron flux higher than that of the reactor core, namely, the anti-neutron trap is fully utilized to generate neutron beam with high epithermal neutron flux for irradiation treatment, so that the epithermal neutron flux in an irradiation tunnel can be effectively improved under the condition of not improving the power of the reactor core, and the technical problem that the existing miniature nuclear reactor for a neutron irradiator in a hospital cannot treat tumors located in deep layers or only has one tunnel for irradiation treatment of deep tumors is effectively solved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a micro-reactor neutron therapy device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of another micro-stack neutron therapy device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method for irradiating a horizontal neutron beam according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a further embodiment of a micro-stack neutron therapy device;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a further embodiment of a micro-stack neutron therapy device;
fig. 6 is a flow chart of another method for irradiating a horizontal neutron beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1-a reactor central zone; a 2-side beryllium reflective layer; 3-fuel plate; 21-a uniformly thinned plane; 4-water gap; 5-an aluminum cylinder; 30-fuel plate area.
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It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present invention and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other. The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a micro-reactor neutron therapeutic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a micro-stack neutron therapeutic apparatus, including: a neutron beam mini-stack for generating high epithermal neutron flux; the neutron beam micro-stack includes: a side beryllium reflecting layer 2 and a fuel plate 3 which are arranged around the central region 1 of the reactor are sequentially surrounded from inside to outside, and a bottom beryllium reflecting layer and a top beryllium reflecting layer; the reactor central zone 1 consists of fuel rods which are arranged in a triangular grid or equidistant concentric circumference, and the fuel rods consist of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core body containing low enriched uranium; the outer side of the side beryllium ring of the side beryllium reflecting layer 2 is provided with a plurality of evenly thinned planes 21, a fuel plate 3 containing low enriched uranium is arranged outside the evenly thinned planes 21, and a water gap 4 is arranged between the evenly thinned planes 21 and the fuel plate 3.
Compared with the prior art, the micro-reactor neutron treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:
in the micro-reactor neutron therapeutic apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the apparatus includes: a neutron beam mini-stack for generating a high epithermal neutron flux; wherein, neutron beam micro-stack includes: a side beryllium reflecting layer 2 and a fuel plate 3 which are arranged around the central region 1 of the reactor are sequentially surrounded from inside to outside, and a bottom beryllium reflecting layer and a top beryllium reflecting layer; specifically, the reactor central zone 1 consists of fuel rods arranged in a triangular grid or equidistant concentric circumference, and the fuel rods consist of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core containing low enriched uranium; further, the outer side of the side beryllium ring of the side beryllium reflecting layer 2 is provided with a plurality of evenly thinned planes 21, a fuel plate 3 containing low enriched uranium is arranged outside the evenly thinned planes 21, and a water gap 4 is arranged between the evenly thinned planes 21 and the fuel plate 3. According to analysis, in the micro reactor neutron treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention, due to the arrangement of the anti-neutron trap of the reactor core, the fuel plate at the periphery of the reactor core generates neutron flux higher than that of the reactor core, namely, the anti-neutron trap is fully utilized to generate neutron beam current with high epithermal neutron flux for irradiation treatment, so that the epithermal neutron flux in an irradiation tunnel can be effectively improved under the condition of not improving the power of the reactor core, and the technical problem that the existing micro nuclear reactor for a neutron irradiator in a hospital cannot treat tumors located in deep layers or only one tunnel for irradiation treatment of the deep tumors is provided for the micro nuclear reactor is effectively solved.
In practical application, the enrichment degree of the low-enriched uranium is less than 20%. Namely, the fuel rod consists of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core body containing low-enriched uranium with the enrichment degree of less than 20 percent; and, the fuel plate 3 containing low enriched uranium with an enrichment degree of less than 20% is arranged outside the uniformly thinned plane 21.
Wherein the core of the fuel plate 3 may comprise uranium aluminum alloy; alternatively, the core of the fuel plate 3 may comprise uranium dioxide ceramic; alternatively, the core of the fuel plate 3 may comprise uranium zirconium alloy.
Specifically, the core of the fuel rod may include uranium dioxide ceramic; the cladding of the fuel rod may comprise a zirconium alloy.
Specifically, the cladding of the above-described fuel plate 3 may include a zirconium alloy; alternatively, the cladding of the fuel plate 3 may comprise an aluminum alloy.
Further, for reasonable distribution, as shown in fig. 1, the plurality of fuel plates 3 are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the reactor central zone 1, and the plurality of fuel plates 3 may include four to eight, preferably four.
The plurality of fuel plates 3 arranged in a closed loop may be distributed with gaps or may be distributed with non-gaps in a tight manner.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another micro-stack neutron therapeutic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Further, as shown in fig. 2, the micro-stack neutron therapeutic apparatus provided in the embodiment of the invention may further include: an aluminum cylinder 5, a reactor central area 1, a side beryllium reflecting layer 2 and a fuel plate 3 are arranged in the aluminum cylinder 5, and gaps in the aluminum cylinder 5 are filled with deionized water as a cooling agent and a slowing agent of the reactor.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a micro-reactor medical system, which comprises: the micro-stack neutron therapy device of any of the preceding claims.
Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a horizontal neutron beam irradiation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The embodiment of the invention further provides a horizontal neutron beam irradiation method, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3, comprising the following steps: step S1, thinning Cheng Pingmian the outer side of a side beryllium ring of a side beryllium reflecting layer 2; step S2, disposing the fuel plate 3 outside the thinned plane.
Compared with the prior art, the horizontal neutron beam irradiation method provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:
as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3, the method for irradiating a horizontal neutron beam according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps: step S1, thinning Cheng Pingmian the outer side of a side beryllium ring of a side beryllium reflecting layer 2; step S2, disposing the fuel plate 3 outside the thinned plane. According to analysis, in the horizontal neutron beam irradiation method provided by the embodiment of the invention, due to the arrangement of the anti-neutron wells of the reactor core, the fuel plates at the periphery of the reactor core generate neutron flux higher than that of the reactor core, namely, the anti-neutron wells are fully utilized to generate neutron beam current with high epithermal neutron flux for irradiation treatment, so that the epithermal neutron flux in an irradiation tunnel can be effectively improved under the condition of not improving the power of the reactor core, and the technical problem that the existing miniature nuclear reactor for a neutron irradiator in a hospital cannot treat tumors located in deep layers or only one tunnel for irradiation treatment of the deep tumors is provided for the miniature nuclear reactor is effectively solved.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another micro-stack neutron therapeutic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a micro-stack neutron therapeutic apparatus, including: a neutron beam mini-stack for generating high epithermal neutron flux; the neutron beam micro-stack includes: a reactor core 1 and a fuel plate area 30 surrounding the reactor core 1; the reactor central zone 1 consists of fuel rods which are arranged in a triangular grid or equidistant concentric circumference, and the fuel rods consist of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core body containing low enriched uranium; the fuel plate region 30 is constituted by a plurality of fuel plates 3 containing low enriched uranium arranged in a regular polygon, and forms a closed or open annular structure.
Compared with the prior art, the micro-reactor neutron treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:
in the micro-reactor neutron therapeutic apparatus provided by the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 4, the micro-reactor neutron therapeutic apparatus includes: a neutron beam mini-stack for generating a high epithermal neutron flux; wherein, neutron beam micro-stack includes: a reactor core 1 and a fuel plate area 30 surrounding the reactor core 1; specifically, the reactor central zone 1 consists of fuel rods arranged in a triangular grid or equidistant concentric circumference, and the fuel rods consist of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core containing low enriched uranium; further, the fuel plate region 30 is constituted by a plurality of fuel plates 3 containing low enriched uranium arranged in a regular polygon, and forms a closed or open annular structure. According to analysis, in the micro reactor neutron treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention, due to the arrangement of the anti-neutron trap of the reactor core, the fuel plate at the periphery of the reactor core generates neutron flux higher than that of the reactor core, namely, the anti-neutron trap is fully utilized to generate neutron beam current with high epithermal neutron flux for irradiation treatment, so that the epithermal neutron flux in an irradiation tunnel can be effectively improved under the condition of not improving the power of the reactor core, and the technical problem that the existing micro nuclear reactor for a neutron irradiator in a hospital cannot treat tumors located in deep layers or only one tunnel for irradiation treatment of the deep tumors is provided for the micro nuclear reactor is effectively solved.
In practical application, the enrichment degree of the low-enriched uranium is less than 20%. Namely, the fuel rod consists of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core body containing low-enriched uranium with the enrichment degree of less than 20 percent; the fuel plate region 30 is composed of a plurality of fuel plates 3 containing low enriched uranium having an enrichment degree of less than 20%.
Wherein the core of the fuel plate 3 may comprise uranium aluminum alloy; alternatively, the core of the fuel plate 3 may comprise uranium zirconium alloy, or the core of the fuel plate 3 may comprise uranium dioxide ceramic.
Specifically, the cladding of the above-described fuel plate 3 may include a zirconium alloy; alternatively, the cladding of the fuel plate 3 may comprise an aluminum alloy.
Further, for reasonable distribution, as shown in fig. 4, the plurality of fuel plates 3 of the above-mentioned fuel plate region 30 may include eight fuel plates 3, and the eight fuel plates 3 are arranged in a closed loop along the circumferential direction of the reactor central region 1.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another micro-stack neutron therapeutic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Further, as shown in fig. 5, the micro-stack neutron therapeutic apparatus provided in the embodiment of the invention may further include: the aluminum cylinder 5, the reactor central zone 1 and the fuel plate zone 30 are arranged in the aluminum cylinder 5, and the gaps in the aluminum cylinder 5 are filled with deionized water as the cooling agent and the slowing agent of the reactor.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a micro-reactor medical system, which comprises: the micro-stack neutron therapy device of any of the preceding claims.
Fig. 6 is a flow chart of another method for irradiating a horizontal neutron beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The embodiment of the invention further provides a horizontal neutron beam irradiation method, as shown in fig. 4 and fig. 6, which comprises the following steps: step S10, eliminating the side beryllium ring and arranging a plurality of fuel plates 3 around the outside of the reactor central zone 1 in a regular polygon.
Compared with the prior art, the horizontal neutron beam irradiation method provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:
as shown in fig. 4 and fig. 6, the method for irradiating a horizontal neutron beam according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps: step S10, eliminating the side beryllium ring and arranging a plurality of fuel plates 3 around the outside of the reactor central zone 1 in a regular polygon. According to analysis, in the horizontal neutron beam irradiation method provided by the embodiment of the invention, due to the arrangement of the anti-neutron wells of the reactor core, the fuel plates at the periphery of the reactor core generate neutron flux higher than that of the reactor core, namely, the anti-neutron wells are fully utilized to generate neutron beam current with high epithermal neutron flux for irradiation treatment, so that the epithermal neutron flux in an irradiation tunnel can be effectively improved under the condition of not improving the power of the reactor core, and the technical problem that the existing miniature nuclear reactor for a neutron irradiator in a hospital cannot treat tumors located in deep layers or only one tunnel for irradiation treatment of the deep tumors is provided for the miniature nuclear reactor is effectively solved.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

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1. A micro-stack neutron therapy device, comprising: a neutron beam mini-stack for generating a high epithermal neutron flux; the neutron beam micro-stack includes: a reactor central region, and a fuel plate region, a bottom beryllium reflecting layer and a top beryllium reflecting layer which are arranged around the reactor central region in a surrounding manner;
the central region of the reactor consists of fuel rods which are arranged in a triangle grid or equidistant concentric circumference, and the fuel rods consist of a zirconium cladding and a uranium dioxide core body containing low enriched uranium;
the fuel plate area is composed of a plurality of fuel plates which are arranged in a regular polygon and contain low enriched uranium, and forms a closed or open annular structure.
2. The microbore neutron treatment device of claim 1, wherein the enrichment of low enriched uranium is less than 20%.
3. The micro-stack neutron treatment device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the core of the fuel plate comprises uranium aluminium alloy, or uranium zirconium alloy, or uranium dioxide ceramic.
4. The microbattery neutron treatment device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the core of the fuel rod comprises uranium dioxide ceramic.
5. The microbore neutron treatment device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the cladding of the fuel rod comprises a zirconium alloy.
6. The microbattery neutron treatment device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the cladding of the fuel plate comprises an aluminum alloy or a zirconium alloy.
7. The micro-stack neutron treatment device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the fuel plates of the fuel plate region are arranged in a closed loop along a circumferential direction of the reactor central region; the plurality of fuel plates includes 6 to 16.
8. The microback neutron treatment device of claim 1 or 7, further comprising: the aluminum cylinder body, the reactor center area and the fuel plate area are both arranged in the aluminum cylinder body, and the gap in the aluminum cylinder body is filled with deionized water as the cooling agent and the slowing agent of the reactor.
9. A micro-stack medical system, comprising: the micro-stack neutron therapy device of any one of claims 1-8.
10. A method of horizontal neutron beam irradiation based on the micro-stack neutron treatment device of any one of claims 1-8, comprising the steps of:
the side beryllium ring is eliminated and a plurality of fuel plates are arranged around the outside of the central region of the reactor in a regular polygon.
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