Indonesian Journal of Physics and Nuclear Applications

Volume x, Number x, Month year, p. xxx-xxx

EKSPERIMENTAL STUDY: CRACK DETECTION BASED ON EDDY

CURRENT TESTING METHOD FOR BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE
THERAPY (BNCT) NICKEL COLIMATOR APPLICATION
Louis HD Tambunan1*, Prof.Ir.Yohannes Sardjono,APU2, Dr.Eng. I Made Wicaksana
Ekaputra3

1
Sanata Dharma University, Campus III Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
2
PSTA BATAN, Babarsari street, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia

Abstract Knowing the shape of the surface damage or porosity is a major advantage of applying the EddyCurrent (EC) Non-
Destructive Testing (NDT). Neutron collimator is the most important component in a neutron radiography facility set-up,
which defines the neutron beam characteristic at the object plane. The collimator at Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)
that under development is made from 99% Nickel material. The collimators are made by centrifugal casting process. The
Collimators are planted to work at high temperatures and continuous working. The purpose of this studies are going to
applying the Eddy Current (EC) Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) BATAN BNCT collimator at Yogyakarta. This test will be
held at the laboratory facilities of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. The results of this research is expecting can be the
benchmark for develop of BNCT technology and material selection.
Keywords BNCT, BATAN YOGYAKARTA, Collimator, NDT, Eddy Current

INTRODUCTION radiotherapy, chemotherapy or their

Cancer is one of the world’s most pressing
problems, with a substantial and increasing
burden carried by low and middle-income
countries (LMIC). For Indigenous people,
where data are available, cancer is a
leading cause of death. Despite recent
advances in these anticancer agents cancer
remains a leading cause of disease-related
death worldwide. Only in the United
States, for instance, 1,735,350 new cancer
cases and 609,640 cancer-related deaths
will occur in 2018. Medical intervention in
the clinical course of cancer using surgery,
combination, cancer interventions were
focused on diagnosis and treatment. A focus
on epidemiology, prevention, screening,
population medicine or social factors, were
not part of the early oncology agenda. The
clinical outcomes of conventional mono-
chemotherapy of cancers are usually far from
satisfactory due to some issues such as tumor
heterogeneity and resistance to
chemotherapeutic drugs. The oncogenic
mutations in patients enable replicative
immortality and activate invasion and
metastasis. Furthermore, mono13

* Louis HD Tambunan. HP.: +62 853-6304-7626; E-mail address: louis26tambunan@gmail.com