Abstract
Californium was first produced by Stanley G. Thompson, Glenn T. Seaborg, Kenneth Street, Jr.and Albert Ghiorso working at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1950. The technologies of neutronsources production developed by RIAR are reviewed. To produce 252Cf-containing core, differenttechniques are used depending on the source type. They are: impregnation of foam-alundum billets, glassbeads and cermets production (point sources), electroplating on the platinum cathode (linear sources).Neutron sources produced by RIAR are one- or two-capsule design. Capsules are made of stainless steeland argon arc-welded. Neutron output of the sources varies from 1 x 10 to 2 x ю10 cm-2 s-1. Sources arewidely used in medicine, industry, and research work. These isotopes of element 116 are the decaydaughters of element 118 isotopes, which are produced via the 249Cf+48Ca reaction
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