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Fast neutron detection under intense $$gamma$$-ray fields with novel nuclear emulsion technique

Ishihara, Kohei*; Takagi, Keisuke*; Minato, Haruna*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Tomita, Hideki*; Maeda, Shigetaka; Naka, Tatsuhiro*; Morishima, Kunihiro*; Nakano, Toshiyuki*; Nakamura, Mitsuhiro*; et al.

Radiation Measurements, 55, p.79 - 82, 2013/08

 Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:10.61(Nuclear Science & Technology)

In order to measure the neutron under a condition of high intensity of $$gamma$$-ray background, we made new nuclear emulsion based on non-sensitized OPERA emulsion which had small AgBr grain size (AgBr grain size of 60, 90 and 160 nm). The sensitivity of this new emulsion, which was a correlation between stopping power and grain density, was estimated experimentally by irradiating neutrons with several energies. We also simulated the response to $$gamma$$-ray induced electrons and compared with some experimental results by using $$^{60}$$Co $$gamma$$ source. The results showed that there might be a threshold energy deposited in one AgBr grain under which it was impossible to develop. We estimated efficiency to the $$gamma$$-ray and the neutron with this obtained response of the new emulsion.

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Development of neutron measurement in intense $$gamma$$ field using new type of nuclear emulsion

Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Ishihara, Kohei*; Takagi, Keisuke*; Tomita, Hideki*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Naka, Tatsuhiro*; Morishima, Kunihiro*; Maeda, Shigetaka

Journal of ASTM International (Internet), 9(3), 5 Pages, 2012/03

In order to measure the neutron from a spent fuel assembly in fast breeder reactor precisely, we made new nuclear emulsion based on non-sensitized OPERA film with AgBr grain size of 60, 90 and 160 nm. The efficiency for $$^{252}$$Cf neutron of the new emulsion was calculated to be 0.7$$times$$10$$^{-4}$$ which energy ranged from 0.3 to 2 MeV that agrees with preliminary estimated value from experimental results. The sensitivity of the new emulsion was also estimated experimentally by irradiating 565 KeV and 14 MeV neutrons and found that the emulsion with the AgBr grain size of 60 nm showed the lowest sensitivity among these three emulsions but still had enough sensitivity for proton. Also, there was a suggestion from the experimental data that there was a threshold LET of 15 KeV/$$mu$$m for our new emulsion below which no silver cluster was developed. Further development of the response of nuclear emulsion with a few tens of nano-meter AgBr size is next step of this study.

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Sensitivity control of nuclear emulsion using AgBr nano-grains

Ishihara, Kohei*; Takagi, Keisuke*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Tomita, Hideki*; Naka, Tatsuhiro*; Asada, Takashi*; Morishima, Kunihiro*; Nakamura, Mitsuhiro*; Kuge, Kenichi*; Maeda, Shigetaka; et al.

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The nuclear emulsion with AgBr nano-grains has been developed for neutron detection under high $$gamma$$-ray background. It has been demonstrated that the detection sensitivity of $$gamma$$-rays can be well suppressed compared to that of neutrons by adjusting the size of AgBr nano-grains to deposit the energy of the secondary electrons produced by $$gamma$$-rays below a certain threshold which can create Ag latent images.

Oral presentation

Temperature dependence of $$gamma$$-ray and neutron sensitivities of nuclear emulsion with AgBr nano-grains

Ishihara, Kohei*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Tomita, Hideki*; Naka, Tatsuhiro*; Asada, Takashi*; Morishima, Kunihiro*; Nakamura, Mitsuhiro*; Maeda, Shigetaka; Iguchi, Tetsuo*

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In order to establish a neutron spectrum measurement in high $$gamma$$ field such as spent nuclear fuel storage, advanced nuclear emulsion based on non-sensitized OPERA film with AgBr grain size of 60 nm has been developed. A nuclear emulsion has the feature of being easy to cause latent image degradation in the high temperature condition. In this study, the experiment estimated the temperature dependency of the sensitivity to the $$gamma$$ ray and neutron of a new nuclear emulsion. It is confirmed that the detection efficiency for a neutron and $$gamma$$ fell in more than 30 $$^{circ}$$C environment.

Oral presentation

Development of automatic readout and recognition of nuclear emulsion for fast neutron measurement

Sakai, Yosuke*; Minato, Haruna*; Ishihara, Kohei*; Tomita, Hideki*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Naka, Tatsuhiro*; Asada, Takashi*; Morishima, Kunihiro*; Nakano, Toshiyuki*; et al.

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In order to measure a neutron-spectrum under high $$gamma$$ ray environment, a new nuclear emulsion and its data-processing method are developed. In fast neutron measurement using the nuclear emulsion which can record the three-dimensional track of a charged particle, incidence neutron energy spectrum can be obtained by analyzing the track of the recoil proton generated by the elastic scattering of a neutron. The high-speed automatic analytic method of the recoil proton track in a nuclear plate is developed. It checked that the recoil proton track length distribution obtained by viewing and automatic analysis was in agreement with a model calculation result about by the basic experiment using 14 MeV neutron.

Oral presentation

Development of automatic readout and recognition of recoiled proton track in nuclear emulsion for fast neutron measurement

Sakai, Yosuke*; Minato, Haruna*; Ishihara, Kohei*; Tomita, Hideki*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Naka, Tatsuhiro*; Asada, Takashi*; Morishima, Kunihiro*; Nakano, Toshiyuki*; et al.

no journal, , 

In order to measure a neutron-spectrum under high $$gamma$$ ray environment, a new nuclear emulsion and its data-processing method are developed. In fast neutron measurement using the nuclear emulsion which can record the three-dimensional track of a charged particle, incidence neutron energy spectrum can be obtained by analyzing the track of the recoil proton generated by the elastic scattering of a neutron. The high-speed automatic analytic method of the recoil proton track in a nuclear plate is developed. It checked that the recoil proton track length distribution obtained by viewing and automatic analysis was in agreement with a model calculation result about by the basic experiment using 14 MeV neutron.

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