Characterization of the radiation background at the Spallation Neutron Source

Douglas D. Dijulio; Nataliia Cherkashyna; Julius Scherzinger; Anton Khaplanov; Dorothea Pfeiffer; Carsten P. Cooper-Jensen; Kevin G. Fissum; Kalliopi Kanaki; Oliver Kirstein; Georg Ehlers; Franz X. Gallmeier; Donald E. Hornbach; Erik B. Iverson; Robert J. Newby; Richard J. Hall-Wilton; Phillip M. Bentley

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Characterization of the radiation background at the Spallation Neutron Source

Douglas D. Dijulio, Nataliia Cherkashyna, Julius Scherzinger, Anton Khaplanov, Dorothea Pfeiffer, Carsten P. Cooper-Jensen, Kevin G. Fissum, Kalliopi Kanaki, Oliver Kirstein, Georg Ehlers, Franz X. Gallmeier, Donald E. Hornbach, Erik B. Iverson, Robert J. Newby, Richard J. Hall-Wilton, Phillip M. Bentley

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We present a survey of the radiation background at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA during routine daily operation. A broad range of detectors was used to characterize primarily the neutron and photon fields throughout the facility. These include a WENDI-2 extended range dosimeter, a thermoscientific NRD, an Arktis ⁴He detector, and a standard NaI photon detector. The information gathered from the detectors was used to map out the neutron dose rates throughout the facility and also the neutron dose rate and flux profiles of several different beamlines. The survey provides detailed information useful for developing future shielding concepts at spallation neutron sources, such as the European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction in Lund, Sweden.

Original language	English
Article number	012033
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	746
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/746/1/012033
State	Published - Oct 10 2016
Event	6th European Conference on Neutron Scattering, ECNS 2015 - Zaragoza, Spain Duration: Aug 30 2015 → Sep 4 2015

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Dijulio, D. D., Cherkashyna, N., Scherzinger, J., Khaplanov, A., Pfeiffer, D., Cooper-Jensen, C. P., Fissum, K. G., Kanaki, K., Kirstein, O., Ehlers, G., Gallmeier, F. X., Hornbach, D. E., Iverson, E. B., Newby, R. J., Hall-Wilton, R. J., & Bentley, P. M. (2016). Characterization of the radiation background at the Spallation Neutron Source. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 746(1), Article 012033. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/746/1/012033

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