DT-LAB 2026

A workshop on Deuterium-Tritium neutron generators: Laboratories and Applications, Bridging communities (DT-LAB).
DT-LAB is focused on the operation, characterisation, and application of 14 MeV deuterium–tritium (DT) neutron generators.

The workshop brings together facilities, users, and instrumentation experts to share experience, benchmark capabilities, and strengthen coordination across the community.

Key objectives of the workshop:

• Build a network of existing and future DT neutron generator facilities in the UK and Europe, with a primary focus on UK capabilities, while engaging widely with international partners interested in collaboration, comparison, and benchmarking.
• Connect facilities and applications. We will focus in particular on fusion-related research (including tritium breeding and fusion materials), as well as metrology, dosimetry, neutron detectors, neutron activation analysis, advanced irradiation testing, and radiation effects testing of microelectronics and systems.
• Discuss common operational and characterisation challenges of DT neutron generators, including uncertainty quantification, repeatability and long-term stability, and the development and validation of diagnostics for neutron field characterisation.
• Review technology readiness and tritium replenishing/refilling capabilities in the UK, including infrastructure, operational experience, and future needs to support DT neutron generator facilities.

Location

The workshop will be hosted at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, Oxfordshire, one of the UK’s leading centres for large-scale scientific research. RAL is home to the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, a world-class facility serving a broad international user community in neutron and muon science. Of relevance to DT-LAB, RAL also hosts NILE, a dedicated irradiation and testing facility equipped with deuterium–tritium (DT) and deuterium–deuterium (DD) neutron generators. The participants will be able to visit the ISIS neutron and muon source and NILE.

Call for Abstracts

Participants willing to present their work, or relevant updates, are invited to submit a title and a short (< 200 words) abstract during registration. Contributions will be selected according to the objectives of the workshop as a talk, flash talk, or poster. They should address topics related to the operation, characterisation, benchmarking, or applications of DT neutron generators.

Who is this meeting aimed at

DT-LAB is aimed at scientists and technical staff of neutron generator facilities, manufacturers, academics, and industrial users working with 14 MeV neutron fields. The workshop welcomes participants at all career stages, including PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, senior scientists, and laboratory managers.

Organising Committee

Carlo Cazzaniga – UKRI-STFC

Maria Kastriotou – UKRI-STFC

Patrick Stowell – University of Sheffield

Chantal Shand – UKAEA

Giuseppe Lorusso – NPL