Activation measurement of neutron production and transport in a thick lead target and a uranium blanket during 4 GeV deuteron irradiation

M. Suchopár; V. Wagner; O. Svoboda; J. Vrzalová; P. Chudoba; P. Tichý; M. Majerle; A. Krása; A. Kugler; J. Adam; L. Závorka; A. Baldin; W. Furman; M. Kadykov; J. Khushvaktov; A. Solnyshkin; V. Tsoupko-Sitnikov; S. Tyutyunnikov

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.08.120

Activation measurement of neutron production and transport in a thick lead target and a uranium blanket during 4 GeV deuteron irradiation

M. Suchopár, V. Wagner, O. Svoboda, J. Vrzalová, P. Chudoba, P. Tichý, M. Majerle, A. Krása, A. Kugler, J. Adam, L. Závorka, A. Baldin, W. Furman, M. Kadykov, J. Khushvaktov, A. Solnyshkin, V. Tsoupko-Sitnikov, S. Tyutyunnikov

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Abstract

Several simple accelerator-driven system (ADS) setups were irradiated by relativistic proton and deuteron beams in last years at the Nuclotron synchrotron site of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia. This paper is dedicated to a 4 GeV deuteron irradiation of a setup called Energy plus Transmutation (E+T), consisting of a lead target, natural uranium blanket, and polyethylene shielding. This paper represents the finalization of data analysis and concludes systematics of the proton and deuteron experiments carried out with the E+T setup. Activation detectors served for monitoring of proton and deuteron beams and for measurements of neutron field distribution in model ADS studies. Products of reactions with thresholds up to 106 MeV as well as non-threshold reactions were observed in the samples. The yields of the produced isotopes were determined using the gamma-ray spectrometry and compared with Monte Carlo simulations performed with the MCNPX transport code.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	347-360
Number of pages	14
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	908
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.08.120
State	Published - Nov 11 2018
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The authors are grateful to the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energies and the JINR Nuclotron staff for providing good beam quality and service. We would like to express our gratitude also to the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems staff for providing spectroscopy equipment. This work was financially supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic and Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences grants for cooperation with JINR.

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Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Grantová Agentura České Republiky
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Keywords

Accelerator-driven system
Deuteron beam
MCNPX code
Neutron activation method
Spallation reaction
Threshold neutron reaction

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Suchopár, M., Wagner, V., Svoboda, O., Vrzalová, J., Chudoba, P., Tichý, P., Majerle, M., Krása, A., Kugler, A., Adam, J., Závorka, L., Baldin, A., Furman, W., Kadykov, M., Khushvaktov, J., Solnyshkin, A., Tsoupko-Sitnikov, V., & Tyutyunnikov, S. (2018). Activation measurement of neutron production and transport in a thick lead target and a uranium blanket during 4 GeV deuteron irradiation. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 908, 347-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.08.120

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Suchopár M, Wagner V, Svoboda O, Vrzalová J, Chudoba P, Tichý P et al. Activation measurement of neutron production and transport in a thick lead target and a uranium blanket during 4 GeV deuteron irradiation. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2018 Nov 11;908:347-360. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.08.120

Activation measurement of neutron production and transport in a thick lead target and a uranium blanket during 4 GeV deuteron irradiation

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