Validation of Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production in a spallation experiment

L. Zavorka; J. Adam; M. Artiushenko; A. A. Baldin; V. B. Brudanin; O. Bukhal; P. Caloun; V. V. Chilap; W. I. Furman; K. Husak; M. G. Kadykov; K. Katovsky; J. Khushvaktov; I. I. Marin; V. S. Pronskikh; A. A. Solnyshkin; V. Sotnikov; V. I. Stegailov; M. Suchopar; O. Svoboda; V. M. Tsoupko-Sitnikov; S. I. Tyutyunnikov; V. Voronko; J. Vrzalova; V. Wagner; P. Zhivkov; I. Zhuk

doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2015.02.010

Validation of Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production in a spallation experiment

L. Zavorka, J. Adam, M. Artiushenko, A. A. Baldin, V. B. Brudanin, O. Bukhal, P. Caloun, V. V. Chilap, W. I. Furman, K. Husak, M. G. Kadykov, K. Katovsky, J. Khushvaktov, I. I. Marin, V. S. Pronskikh, A. A. Solnyshkin, V. Sotnikov, V. I. Stegailov, M. Suchopar, O. SvobodaV. M. Tsoupko-Sitnikov, S. I. Tyutyunnikov, V. Voronko, J. Vrzalova, V. Wagner, P. Zhivkov, I. Zhuk

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Abstract

A renewed interest in experimental research on Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS) has been initiated by the global attempt to produce energy from thorium as a safe(r), clean(er) and (more) proliferation-resistant alternative to the uranium-fuelled thermal nuclear reactors. The ADS research has been actively pursued at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, since decades. Most recently, the emission of fast neutrons was experimentally investigated at the massive (m = 512 kg) natural uranium spallation target QUINTA. The target has been irradiated with the relativistic deuteron beams of energy from 0.5 AGeV up to 4 AGeV at the JINR Nuclotron accelerator in numerous experiments since 2011. Neutron production inside the target was studied through the gamma-ray spectrometry measurement of natural uranium activation detectors. Experimental reaction rates for (n,γ), (n,f) and (n,2n) reactions in uranium have provided valuable information about the neutron distribution over a wide range of energies up to some GeV. The experimental data were compared to the predictions of Monte Carlo simulations using the MCNPX 2.7.0 code. The results are presented and potential sources of partial disagreement are discussed later in this work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	178-187
Number of pages	10
Journal	Annals of Nuclear Energy
Volume	80
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2015.02.010
State	Published - Jun 2015
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The authors are grateful for the financial support allocated by the Grants “3+3” and the Grants of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Czech Republic in JINR that helped to conduct this research in the period between 2011 and 2013.

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Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Czech Republic in JINR

Keywords

Accelerator-Driven Systems
Activation measurement
Monte Carlo simulation
Neutron emission
Uranium spallation target

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Zavorka, L., Adam, J., Artiushenko, M., Baldin, A. A., Brudanin, V. B., Bukhal, O., Caloun, P., Chilap, V. V., Furman, W. I., Husak, K., Kadykov, M. G., Katovsky, K., Khushvaktov, J., Marin, I. I., Pronskikh, V. S., Solnyshkin, A. A., Sotnikov, V., Stegailov, V. I., Suchopar, M., ... Zhuk, I. (2015). Validation of Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production in a spallation experiment. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 80, 178-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2015.02.010

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