jamesr wrote: When B10 absorbs a thermal neutron it doesn’t stay as B11. It is formed in an excited unstable state which decays in ~10^-12s to He-4 (1.47MeV) & Li-7 (0.84MeV) and a gamma ray photon (0.48MeV)
How does this translate for us laymen, Jamesr? Does the lithium accumulate, and if so, where and how fast does it accumulate? Does it need special treatment as a hazardous or commercial product? Is the boron coating weakened or diminished in any way by 5 years of operation at ~1khz?
Also, is the B-11 cheaply available as waste from refining boron into B-10? :question:
