Analysis of neutron propagation from the skyshine port of a fusion neutron source facility

Autor: Masashi Wakisaka, Junichi Kaneko, Fumiyuki Fujita, S. Yoshida, Teruko Sawamura, K. Ochiai, Takeo Nishitani
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 554:347-355
ISSN: 0168-9002
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.06.082
Popis: The process of neutron leaking from a 14 MeV neutron source facility was analyzed by calculations and experiments. The experiments were performed at the Fusion Neutron Source (FNS) facility of the Japan Atomic Energy Institute, Tokai-mura, Japan, which has a port on the roof for skyshine experiments, and a 3He counter surrounded with a polyethylene moderator of different thicknesses was used to estimate the energy spectra and dose distributions. The 3He counter with a 3-cm-thick moderator was also used for dose measurements, and the doses evaluated by the counter counts and the calculated count-to-dose conversion factor agreed with the calculations to within ∼30%. The dose distribution was found to fit a simple analytical expression, D ( r ) = Q D exp ( - r / λ D ) r and the parameters Q D and λ D are discussed.
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