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second per cm 2 is preferred such fluxes require a research nuclear reactor health risks edit exposure to free neutrons can be hazardous since the interaction of neutrons with molecules in the body can cause disruption to molecules and atoms and can also cause reactions that give rise to other forms of radiation such as protons 44 the normal precautions of radiation protection apply avoid exposure stay as far from the source as possible and keep exposure time to a minimum but particular thought must be given to how to protect from neutron exposure for other types of radiation e g alpha particles beta particles or gamma rays material of a high atomic number and with high density makes for good shielding frequently lead is used however this approach will not work with neutrons since the absorption of neutrons does not increase straightforwardly with atomic number as it does with alpha beta and gamma radiation instead one needs to look at the particular interactions neutrons have with matter see the section on detection above for example hydrogen rich materials are often used to shield against neutrons since ordinary hydrogen both scatters and slows neutrons this often means that simple concrete blocks or even paraffin loaded plastic blocks afford better protection from neutrons than do far more dense materials after slowing neutrons may then be absorbed with an isotope that has high affinity for slow neutrons without causing secondary capture radiation such as lithium 6 hydrogen rich ordinary water effects neutron absorption in nuclear fission reactors usually neutrons are so strongly absorbed by normal water that fuel enrichment with a fissionable isotope is required the number of neutrons produced per fission depends primarily on the fission products the average is roughly 2 5 to 3 0 and at least one on average must evade capture in order to sustain the nuclear chain reaction the deuterium in heavy water has a very much lower absorption affinity for neutrons than does protium normal light hydrogen deuterium is therefore used in candu type reactors in order to slow moderate neutron velocity to increase the probability of nuclear fission compared to neutron capture neutron temperature edit main article neutron temperature the energy of free neutrons are characterized by their temperature as given by their maxwell boltzmann distribution for example thermal neutrons have with kt 0 0253 ev 4 0 10 21 j corresponding to room temperature giving them a characteristic not average or median speed of 2 2 km s in many substances thermal neutron reactions show a much larger effective cross section than reactions involving faster neutrons and thermal neutrons can therefore be absorbed more readily i e with higher probability by any atomic nuclei that they collide with creating a heavier and often unstable isotope of the chemical element as a result most fission reactors use a neutron moderator to slow down or thermalize the neutrons that are emitted by nuclear fission so that they are more easily captured causing further fission cold and even ultra cold neutrons can be created by thermalizing with cryogenic materials higher temperature neutrons arise from nuclear fission and nuclear fusion the highest energies arise from cosmic ray collisions see also edit ionizing radiation isotope list of particles neutron radiation and the sievert radiation scale neutronium nuclear reaction nucleosynthesis neutron capture nucleosynthesis r process s process thermal neutron reactor neutron sources edit neutron generator neutron source processes involving neutrons edit neutron bomb neutron diffraction neutron flux neutron imaging neutron transport cosmogenic radionuclide dating references edit ernest rutherford archived 2011 08 03 at the wayback machine chemed chem purdue edu retrieved on 2012 08 16 1 2 1935 nobel prize in physics archived 2017 10 03 at the wayback machine nobelprize org retrieved on 2012 08 16 2022 codata value neutron mass the 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