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APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES
Volume 168, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109529
Keywords
Irradiator; Neutron source; Polyethylene; Neutron field; Neutron generator; MCNP calculation
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- project Strengthening and development of research at Czech Technical University in Prague with the use of research infrastructure VR-1 Training Reactor for research activities [CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001790]
- Operational Programme Research, Development and Education
- European Structural and Investment Funds
- state budget of the Czech Republic
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The paper describes the neutron field characterisation of a low-flux multipurpose educational irradiator developed at Czech Technical University in Prague, which can accommodate various neutron sources and is aimed for demonstration experiments such as neutron activation analysis and studies related to neutron and/or gamma detection. The characterisation was performed using gold foils and experimental results were compared to calculations by the MCNP Monte Carlo code.
The paper describes neutron field characterisation of low-flux multipurpose educational irradiator developed at Czech Technical University in Prague. The irradiator is aimed for demonstration experiments including neutron activation analysis, delayed neutron counting, or studies related to neutron and/or gamma detection and spectrometric devices. It may accommodate various neutron sources including Cf-252 or AmBe radionuclide sources, D-D generator, or in-reactor irradiated nuclear material serving as delayed neutron source, or gamma sources including radionuclide ones or short-lived sources produced in the adjacent reactor. The characterisation was performed based on neutron activation technique using gold foils. It included two experimental parts. The first one verified the level of response symmetry in the four irradiation channels and characterisation of the axial distribution in the irradiation channels. Within the second one, the responses to thermal and epithermal neutrons and the cadmium ratio in the central irradiation position were determined. Whereas the former was determined solely with the Cf-252 source, the latter was performed for all available sources: Cf-252, AmBe, and the D-D generator. The experimental results were further compared to calculations by the MCNP Monte Carlo code.
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