John Penrose Barton (born 1934) is a British and American applied nuclear scientist who helped pioneer Neutron Radiography.Berger H. ed. Neutron Radiography and Gaging. American Society for Testing and Materials STP (1976, pages 5-19) Domanus, JC. Practical Neutron Radiography, (1992), pp 6-8 and pp 252-259 Refs. 2, 3, 19, 38, 51, 56, 133, 136. . Neutron Radiography (a.k.a. Neutron Imaging) is a new way of seeing (imaging) things complementary to Radiography with X-Rays. Particularly notable applications are to Aviation safety such as inspection of jet engine turbine blades.Newacheck, RL. "Applications and Trends of Industrial Neutron Radiography", pages 77-84. First World Conference on Neutron Radiography, (1981), .Tsukimura, RR. Et al. "Sensitivity of Core Detection in Turbine Blades", pages 329-338. Second World Conference on Neutron Radiography, (1986) .
Barton chaired or co-chaired the first four World Conferences on Neutron Radiography held in San Diego, 1981; Paris, 1986; Osaka, 1989 and San Francisco, 1992.Barton, JP. et al. eds. "First World Conference on Neutron Radiography", (1981) . https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789027715289Barton, JP. et al. eds. "Second World Conference on Neutron Radiography", (1986) . https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789027724953Fujine, S. et al. eds. "Third World Conference on Neutron Radiography", (1989) .Barton, JP. ed. "Fourth World Conference on Neutron Radiography", (1992) .
Early years Barton was born in London in 1934. He studied Applied Nuclear Physics under Philip Burton Moon and Rudolf Peierls at the University of Birmingham.
From 1957 he worked on the neutron physics of power reactor design at AERE Harwell, where John Cockcroft was head of laboratory. Barton worked at AEE Winfrith from 1959 to 1960.Fischer, CO. et al. eds. "Fifth World Conference on Neutron Radiography". (1996) pages 17-24. Barton JP. International Neutron Radiography-Past and Future, pp 765-769 ISNR Foundation.
Pioneering Neutron Radiography Internationally From 1961 to 1965, while affiliated with the University of Birmingham, Barton's publications included a demonstration of Cold Neutron Radiography using a 5MW reactor at AWE Aldermaston. From 1965, while affiliated with the CEA in Grenoble, Barton's publications included potentials of small source systems and a demonstration of Underwater NR using a Conical Collimator.Barton, JP. and Boutaine, JL. Initial development of Neutron Radiography in France. Isotopes and Radiation Tech. 5 (3): 214-219, 1967
From 1967, while affiliated with the Argonne National Laboratory, Barton's publications included demonstrations of isotopic source NR capabilities.
From 1971 to 1978, while affiliated with the Oregon State University Radiation Center, publications included High Speed Motion Neutron RadiographyBossi RH et al. High Frame-rate Neutron Radiography of Dynamic Events. pp 643-651. "First World Conference on Neutron Radiography", (1981) and Neutron Computed Tomography using the TREAT Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory.Rhodes EA et al Ex-Core Neutron Radiography of Large Fuel Bundles. pp 411- 418. "First World Conference on Neutron Radiography", (1981)
From 1979, based in San Diego, Barton's publications included in-house NR system designs and applications to aircraft safety, a precursor of the McClellan Radiation Center, Sacramento.Barton, JP. et al. eds. "First World Conference on Neutron Radiography", (1981) . https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789027715289Schofield, P ed. The Neutron and its Applications, 50th Anniversary of Discovery the Neutron. Cambridge UK. 1982 -1 pp 447-450
In 1989, Barton reported on the feasibility of Maneuverable Neutron Radiography System for inspection of intact aircraft at the Sacramento Air Logistics Center.Froom, DA., Barton, JP. Maneuverable N-Ray System Acceptance Tests. Proceedings Third World Conference on Neutron Radiography. Fujine S et al., Pages 741-748. (1989) . In 1996 at the Fifth World Conference on Neutron Radiography, Barton presented a review with references to over 50 of his publications, and a report on the Foundation of The International Society for Neutron Radiology.Barton JP, International Neutron Radiology. pp 17-24 refs 5-55. Fischer CO et al eds. Fifth World Conference on Neutron Radiography June 1996, Berlin, Germany Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Zerstorungsfreie Profung Pub; 1997.
In 2010 Barton was appointed an honorary member of the International Society for Neutron Radiology.
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