Comparison of selected codes for calculating induced radioactivity at accelerator facilities

Bradley J. Micklich; Franz X. Gallmeier; Michael Wohlmuther

doi:10.13182/NT09-A9293

Comparison of selected codes for calculating induced radioactivity at accelerator facilities

Bradley J. Micklich, Franz X. Gallmeier, Michael Wohlmuther

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Component radioactivation is an important problem in accelerator facilities, impacting operations, maintenance, decommissioning, and disposal. Radionuclide inventories are calculated for an 8-cm-diam, 30.9-cm-long lead target irradiated by 660-MeVprotons using the particle transport code MCNPX and the transmutation codes CINDER'90, ORIHET-3, and SP-FISPACT. The results using the various codes and data libraries are compared with experimental measurements. Comparisons are also made between the outputs of the three codes for nuclides not represented in the measurements. For more than half the nuclides studied, the codes agree with the measurements within a factor of 2, and nearly all agree within a factor of 10. The present set of codes and nuclear data files are largely adequate for calculating radioactivation in accelerator facilities, but there is room for substantial improvement for selected radionuclides.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	700-705
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Technology
Volume	168
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13182/NT09-A9293
State	Published - Dec 2009

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Accelerator facilities
Radioactivation
Transmutation codes

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