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Characterization of the PTW 34031 ionization chamber (PMI) at RCNP with high energy neutrons ranging from 100 - 392 MeV

Theis, C.*; Carbonez, P.*; Feldbaumer, E.*; Forkel-Wirth, D.*; Jaegerhofer, L.*; Pangallo, M.*; Perrin, D.*; Urscheler, C.*; Roesler, S.*; Vincke, H.*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 153, p.08018_1 - 08018_5, 2017/09

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.03

At CERN, gas-filled ionization chambers PTW-34031 (PMI) are commonly used in radiation fields including neutrons, protons and $$gamma$$-rays. A response function for each particle is calculated by the radiation transport code FLUKA. To validate a response function to high energy neutrons, benchmark experiments with quasi mono-energetic neutrons have been carried out at RCNP, Osaka University. For neutron irradiation with energies below 200 MeV, very good agreement was found comparing the FLUKA simulations and the measurements. In addition it was found that at proton energies of 250 and 392 MeV, results calculated with neutron sources underestimate the experimental data due to a non-negligible gamma component originating from the target $$^{7}$$Li(p,n)Be reaction.

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Applicability of the two-angle differential method to response measurement of neutron-sensitive devices at the RCNP high-energy neutron facility

Masuda, Akihiko*; Matsumoto, Tetsuro*; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Satoh, Daiki; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nishiyama, Jun*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 849, p.94 - 101, 2017/03

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:10.71(Instruments & Instrumentation)

Quasi-monoenergetic high-energy neutron fields induced by $$^{7}$$Li(p,n) reactions are used for the response evaluation of neutron-sensitive devices. The quasi-monoenergetic high-energy field consists of high-energy monoenergetic peak neutrons and unwanted continuum neutrons down to the low-energy region. A two-angle differential method has been developed to compensate for the effect of the continuum neutrons in the response measurements. In this study, the two-angle differential method was demonstrated for Bonner sphere detectors, which are typical examples of moderator-based neutron-sensitive detectors, to investigate the method's applicability and its dependence on detector characteristics. Through this study, the adequacy of the two-angle differential method was experimentally verified, and practical suggestions were made pertaining to this method.

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Measurement of neutron energy spectra behind shields for quasi-monoenergetic neutrons generated by 246-MeV and 389-MeV protons using a Bonner sphere spectrometer

Matsumoto, Tetsuro*; Masuda, Akihiko*; Nishiyama, Jun*; Harano, Hideki*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Satoh, Daiki; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Nakane, Yoshihiro; et al.

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 4, p.332 - 336, 2014/04

Recently, many high-energy accelerators are used for various fields. Shielding data for high-energy neutrons are therefore very important from the point of view of radiation protection in high energy accelerator facilities. However, the shielding experimental data for high energy neutrons above 100 MeV are very poor both in quality and in quantity. In this study, neutron penetration spectral fluence and ambient dose through iron and concrete shields were measured with a Bonner sphere spectrometer (BSS). Quasi-monoenergetic neutrons were produced by the $$^{7}$$Li(p,xn) reaction by bombarding a 1-cm thick Li target with 246-MeV and 389-MeV protons in the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) of the Osaka University. Shielding materials are iron blocks with a thickness from 10 cm to 100 cm and concrete blocks with a thickness from 25 cm to 300 cm.

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Shielding benchmark experiment using hundreds of MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutron source by a large organic scintillator

Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Satoh, Daiki; Matsumoto, Tetsuro*; Masuda, Akihiko*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Sakamoto, Yukio; et al.

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 4, p.327 - 331, 2014/04

We have developed several hundreds of MeV p-$$^{7}$$Li quasi-monoenergetic neutron fields in the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Japan. In this study, we extended the measurements to higher energy with a p-$$^{7}$$Li quasi-monoenergetic neutron source, which was produced from a 1.0-cm-thick lithium target bombarded with 246 and 389 MeV protons, using a larger NE213 scintillator of 25.4-cm in diameter and 25.4-cm in thickness. The large NE213 have good energy resolution for high energy neutrons, because it can stop recoil protons up to 180 MeV. The measured data are compared with the Monte-Carlo codes (PHITS with JENDL-HE data library) in the energy spectra, time spectra and the attenuation length of the peak neutrons. This comparison shows good agreement between experiments and calculations. The attenuation length estimated from the well-fitted curves with single exponential form will be useful for the practical shielding design of high energy accelerator facilities.

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Response measurement of various neutron dose equivalent monitors in 134-387 MeV neutron fields

Nakane, Yoshihiro; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Satoh, Daiki; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Matsumoto, Tetsuro*; Masuda, Akihiko*; Nunomiya, Tomoya*; et al.

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 4, p.704 - 708, 2014/04

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Beam power and residual dose history of J-PARC RCS

Yamamoto, Kazami; Hotchi, Hideaki; Harada, Hiroyuki; Hayashi, Naoki; Kinsho, Michikazu; Saha, P. K.; Tamura, Fumihiko; Yamamoto, Masanobu; Yoshimoto, Masahiro; Nakane, Yoshihiro; et al.

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 4, p.238 - 242, 2014/04

A 3 GeV rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS) at J-PARC was commissioned in October 2007. Afterwards, the beam intensity was increased through a beam study, and the RCS has continuously provided a proton beam $$>$$ 100 kW to the neutron target since October 2009. With renewed efforts brought about by beam commissioning, we have reduced losses in the RCS and achieved low-loss operation. We present the history of the operational beam power and the residual dose distributions after operation.

JAEA Reports

Revised version of SSCAT; Simplified shielding calculation system for high energy proton accelerator facilities

Oguri, Tomomi*; Masukawa, Fumihiro; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi

JAEA-Data/Code 2011-026, 25 Pages, 2012/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2011-026.pdf:2.07MB

The simplified shielding calculation (SSCAT) system is a calculation system for radiation shielding design of high energy proton accelerator facilities, based on Moyer's and Tesch's formulae for bulk shielding and Stapleton's formula for neutron skyshine. SSCAT was originally developed for conceptual shielding design calculations of the J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) facilities, and was recently revised in order to cope with safety analysis for the licensing of the J-PARC facilities and shielding design for other proton accelerator facility. This report describes the recent status of SSCAT.

Journal Articles

Response measurement of a Bonner sphere spectrometer for high-energy neutrons

Masuda, Akihiko*; Matsumoto, Tetsuro*; Harano, Hideki*; Nishiyama, Jun*; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Satoh, Daiki; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Nakamura, Takashi*; et al.

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 59(1), p.161 - 166, 2012/02

 Times Cited Count:11 Percentile:66.72(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)

In this study, responses of Bonner sphere spectrometer (BSS) for 245 and 388 MeV neutrons was measured at RCNP, Osaka University. The neutrons are generated in the $$^{7}$$Li(p,n) reaction and its spectra consist of a high-energy peak and a continuum down to the low energy. Therefore, the observed counts of BSS caused by the continuum need to be subtracted. Adjusting a Li target angle and a collimator position, 0 deg and 30 deg component of generated neutron are available. While the 0 deg component contains both the peak and the continuum, the 30 deg component is considered to contain only the continuum. Therefore, the response of the peak is obtained. The spectra were measured using the time-of-flight (TOF) method with a NE213 scintillator.

Journal Articles

Neutron energy spectra at 180$$^{circ}$$ from 140 MeV proton incident reactions

Iwamoto, Yosuke; Satoh, Daiki; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Endo, Akira; Sakamoto, Yukio; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Tamii, Atsushi*; et al.

Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 59(2), p.1753 - 1756, 2011/08

 Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:20.2(Physics, Multidisciplinary)

Neutron production cross sections of carbon and iron targets for 140 MeV proton at 180$$^{circ}$$ were measured at the RCNP cyclotron facility. The neutron energy spectra were obtained by using the time-of-flight technique in the energy range above 1 MeV. The results of carbon and iron targets were compared with experimental data for 113 MeV (p,xn) reactions at 150 deg by Meier et al. Our data gave good agreements with them in spite of different incident energies and angles. Calculations were performed with different intranuclear cascade models (Bertini, ISOBAR, and JQMD) implemented in the PHITS code. Calculated results with the ISOBAR and JQMD models roughly agreed with the experimental data for iron targets, although Bertini could not reproduce the high energy neutrons above 10 MeV.

Journal Articles

Characterisation of quadi-monoenergetic neutron energy spectra using $$^{7}$$Li(p,n) reactions at 246-389 MeV

Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Satoh, Daiki; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Itoga, Toshiro*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Sakamoto, Yukio; et al.

Proceedings of 10th Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-10), p.53 - 61, 2011/03

The neutron energy spectra penetrating 10 to 100 cm thick iron and 25 to 200 cm thick concrete shields have been measured using 138, 243 and 387 MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutron sources at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) facility, Osaka University. The source neutrons were produced from a 1 cm thick lithium target bombarded with 140, 245 and 388 MeV protons. Two types of NE213 liquid organic scintillators and Bonner ball neutron spectrometers were used for the neutron energy spectrum measurement. The TOF and unfolding methods were applied to estimate the energy spectra behind the shield in the peak energy region and continuous energy region, respectively. We have also measured the neutron energy spectra and angular distribution of the source neutron above 1 MeV in the angular range from 0$$^{circ}$$ to 30$$^{circ}$$ with the TOF method. All measured data were compared with the PHITS Monte Carlo calculations.

Journal Articles

Quasi-monoenergetic neutron energy spectra for 246 and 389 MeV $$^{7}$$Li(p,n) reactions at angles from 0$$^{circ}$$ to 30$$^{circ}$$

Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Satoh, Daiki; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Itoga, Toshiro*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Sakamoto, Yukio; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 629(1), p.43 - 49, 2011/02

 Times Cited Count:21 Percentile:82.84(Instruments & Instrumentation)

The authors measured the neutron energy spectra of a quasi-monoenergetic $$^{7}$$Li(p,n) neutron source with 246 and 389 MeV protons set at seven angles (0$$^{circ}$$, 2.5$$^{circ}$$, 5$$^{circ}$$, 10$$^{circ}$$, 15$$^{circ}$$, 20$$^{circ}$$ and 30$$^{circ}$$), using a time-of-flight (TOF) method employing organic scintillators NE213 at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) of Osaka University. The energy spectra of the source neutrons were precisely deduced down to 2 MeV at 0$$^{circ}$$ and 10 MeV at other angles. The cross sections of the peak neutron production reaction at 0$$^{circ}$$ were on the 35-40 mb line of other experimental data, and the peak neutron angular distribution agreed well with the Taddeucci formula. Neutron energy spectra below 100 MeV at all angles were comparable, but the shapes of the continuum above 150 MeV changed considerably with the angle.

Journal Articles

Experimental method for neutron elastic scattering cross-section measurement in intermediate energy region at RCNP

Satoh, Daiki; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Sanami, Toshiya*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Endo, Akira; Sakamoto, Yukio; Nakane, Yoshihiro; et al.

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 1, p.20 - 23, 2011/02

An experimental method and data processing procedure have been developed for the measurement of neutron elastic scattering cross sections in intermediate energy region above 100 MeV. The data were obtained at Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) in Osaka University by utilizing a $$^{7}$$Li(p,n) quasi-monoenergetic neutron source and Time-of-Flight (TOF) technique.

Journal Articles

Measurement of neutron elastic scattering cross sections for carbon at 134 MeV

Satoh, Daiki; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Endo, Akira; Sakamoto, Yukio; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; et al.

Radiation Measurements, 45(10), p.1159 - 1162, 2010/12

 Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:10.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)

Elastic neutron-scattering cross sections for carbon nucleus have been measured by using 134-MeV monoenergetic neutron beam in Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University. The measured angles were set at 6$$^{circ}$$, 8$$^{circ}$$, and 15$$^{circ}$$ in laboratory system. The liquid organic scintillators, whose size is 12.7 cm in diameter and 12.7 cm in thickness, were mounted at each angle as neutron detector. In the off-line analysis, the events of elastic-neutron scattering were extracted on basis of the Time-of-Flight (TOF) information. The results were compared with the data measured by the groupe of U.C. Davis with a recoil proton spectrometer and the evaluations of the nuclear data libraries, JENDL/HE-2007 and ENDF/B-VII.0. Our results show a good agreement with the data of U.C. Davis. This indicates that our experimental method based on the TOF teqnique is appropriate to the measurement of elastic neutron-scattering cross section in this energy region. In addition, we exhibit that the data of ENDF/B-VII.0 represent the experimental data, but JENDL/HE-2007 underestimates about 30$${%}$$ in the forward angle region.

Journal Articles

Measurements and Monte Carlo calculations of neutron production cross-sections at 180$$^{circ}$$ for the 140 MeV proton incident reactions on carbon, iron, and gold

Iwamoto, Yosuke; Satoh, Daiki; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Tamii, Atsushi*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Endo, Akira; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Sakamoto, Yukio; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 620(2-3), p.484 - 489, 2010/08

 Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:51.7(Instruments & Instrumentation)

The neutron production cross sections of carbon, iron, and gold targets with 140 MeV protons at 180$$^{circ}$$ were measured at the RCNP cyclotron facility. The time-of-flight technique was used to obtain the neutron energy spectra in the energy range above 1 MeV. The carbon and iron target results were compared with the experimental data from 113 MeV (p,xn) reactions at 150$$^{circ}$$ reported by Meier et al. Our data agreed well with them in spite of different incident energies and angles. Calculations were then performed using different intra-nuclear cascade models (Bertini, ISOBAR, and JQMD) implemented with PHITS code. The results calculated using the ISOBAR and JQMD models roughly agreed with the experimental iron and gold target data, but the Bertini could not reproduce the high energy neutrons above 10 MeV.

Journal Articles

Thick target neutron yield at 0 degree by 250 and 350 MeV protons

Iwamoto, Yosuke; Taniguchi, Shingo*; Nakao, Noriaki*; Itoga, Toshio*; Nakamura, Takashi*; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Satoh, Daiki; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Yamakawa, Hiroshi*; et al.

Proceedings of 8th Specialists' Meeting on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-8), p.195 - 203, 2010/03

Neutron energy spectra at 0 degree produced from stopping-length thick graphite, aluminum, iron and lead targets bombarded by 250 MeV and 350 MeV protons were measured at the neutron TOF course at RCNP of Osaka University. The neutron energy spectra were obtained by using the time-of-flight technique in the energy range from 10 MeV to incident proton energy. To compare the experimental results, Monte Carlo calculations by the PHITS and MCNPX codes using the JENDL-HE and the LA150 evaluated nuclear data files were performed. It was found that these calculated results at 0-degree generally underestimated the experimental results for all targets in the energy range above 20 MeV.

Journal Articles

Estimation of radioactivity produced in cooling water at high-intensity proton accelerator facility

Masukawa, Fumihiro; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Nakashima, Hiroshi

Nuclear Technology, 168(3), p.680 - 684, 2009/12

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The radioactivity produced in the accelerator cooling water was estimated to draw up the maintenance scenario of the J-PARC accelerators. Activation cross section sets from Nitrogen and Oxygen were evaluated from the available experimental data and theoretically calculated data by INC/GEM and LAHET for high-energy proton and neutron. The PHITS and MCNPX codes were used to calculate the proton and neutron fluxes in the water-cooled accelerator components. The radioactivity from the corrosion product was also estimated by scaling of the measurements at KEK-PS and LAMPF. Tritium are estimated 5.7$$times$$10$$^{7}$$ [Bq] in LINAC and 2.5$$times$$10$$^{9}$$ [Bq] in 3-GeV Synchrotron by annual operation. Dose in machinery rooms by short-lived nuclides are reasonably low at LINAC, whereas $$sim$$10$$^{3}$$ times higher at 3-GeV Synchrotron. The estimation of tritium is acceptable level for the disposal to the environment, while short-lived nuclides at 3-GeV Synchrotron may make the facility maintenance difficult.

Journal Articles

Monte Carlo calculations for the shielding design of beam injection and extraction areas at the 3-GeV synchrotron in J-PARC

Nakane, Yoshihiro; Abe, Teruo*; Nakashima, Hiroshi

Nuclear Technology, 168(2), p.519 - 523, 2009/11

 Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:10.23(Nuclear Science & Technology)

For the shielding design of 3-GeV synchrotron in J-PARC, radiation shielding calculations were performed around beam injection and beam extraction areas. It is difficult to apply the simplified methods for these areas that the geometries are complicated and the larger beam losses are assumed. Therefore, Monte Carlo code, PHITS, were applied to particle transport calculations for the shielding designs around those areas. The shielding designs were performed with the condition that the maximum dose rates at the boundary of radiation controlled areas are in less than both the design criterion defined in J-PARC and the limit defined in regulation of Japan. Calculation methods and conditions used for the shielding design and the calculation results are presented in this work.

Journal Articles

Experimental studies of shielding and irradiation effects at high energy accelerator facilities

Nakashima, Hiroshi; Sakamoto, Yukio; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Matsuda, Norihiro; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Masukawa, Fumihiro; Mokhov, N.*; Leveling, A.*; Boehnlein, D.*; et al.

Nuclear Technology, 168(2), p.482 - 486, 2009/11

BB2007-3640.pdf:0.22MB

 Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:45.39(Nuclear Science & Technology)

Experimental studies of shielding and radiation effects have been started using 120-GeV proton synchrotron at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) under collaboration between FNAL and Japan. The first campaign of the experiment was carried out at the Pbar target station and Numi experimental station at FNAL, using antiproton and neutrino production targets irradiated by 120-GeV protons. The generated secondary particles passing through steel, concrete and rock were measured by activation methods as well as by other detectors such as scintillator with a veto counter, phoswich detector and a Bonner ball counter on trial. Preliminary experimental results are presented.

Journal Articles

Measurement of angular dependent neutron production from thick target bombarded with 140-MeV protons

Iwamoto, Yosuke; Satoh, Daiki; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Kirihara, Yoichi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Nakamura, Takashi*; Tamii, Atsushi*; et al.

Nuclear Technology, 168(2), p.340 - 344, 2009/11

 Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:35.99(Nuclear Science & Technology)

It is important to calculate neutron production from thick targets at forward angle near 0 degree and backward angle near 180 degree for the shielding design of proton accelerator facilities, and the accuracy should be determined by experimental data. There are, however, few experimental data near 0 degree, and no data near 180 degree in the energy region above 100 MeV. Neutron energy spectra at 0, 90 and 180 degrees produced from thick graphite and iron targets by 140 MeV protons were measured. It was found that the calculation with JENDL-HE was more suitable for the shielding design of proton accelerator facilities in the forward direction.

Journal Articles

Measurements of double-differential neutron-production cross-sections for the $$^{9}$$Be(p,xn) and $$^{9}$$Be(d,xn) reactions at 10 MeV

Iwamoto, Yosuke; Sakamoto, Yukio; Matsuda, Norihiro; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Ochiai, Kentaro; Kaneko, Hirohisa; Niita, Koji*; Shibata, Tokushi; Nakashima, Hiroshi

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 598(3), p.687 - 695, 2009/01

 Times Cited Count:20 Percentile:79.26(Instruments & Instrumentation)

Double-differential neutron-production cross-sections of a thin beryllium target bombarded with 10 MeV protons and deuterons were measured. Neutron energy spectra in the range above 1.8 MeV were obtained by a time-of-flight method at angles of 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90 and 120 degrees. Monte Carlo calculations with the PHITS code were performed using the evaluated nuclear data files ENDF/B-VII, the Bertini/GEM model and the JQMD/GEM model, and compared with the experimental results. It was found that the calculated results using ENDF/B-VII and Bertini/GEM for the $$^{9}$$Be(p,xn) reaction and JQMD/GEM for the $$^{9}$$Be(d,xn) reaction roughly agreed with the experimental results.

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