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Multi-scattering time-of-flight neutron spectrometer for deuterium to tritium fuel ratio measurement in fusion experimental reactors

Asai, Keisuke*; Yukawa, Kyohei*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Naoi, Norihiro*; Watanabe, Kenichi*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Yamauchi, Michinori*; Konno, Chikara

Fusion Engineering and Design, 83(10-12), p.1818 - 1821, 2008/12

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The fuel ratio in a DT burning plasma can be derived from the intensity ratio of DD/DT neutrons, and detecting a trace of DD neutrons in the DT burning plasma is a key issue. A new type of neutron spectrometer is proposed to monitor the fuel ratio in the core of the ITER plasma. The system based on a conventional time-of-flight method consists of a water cell as a neutron scattering material and tens of scintillator pairs arranged around the first scintillator in a corn shape. We call it a multi-scattering time-of-flight neutron spectrometer (MS-TOF). A trial experiment was conducted for the prototype MS-TOF system with a DT neutron beam (20-mm diameter) at the Fusion Neutronics Source (FNS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency. The experimental results show that the DD and DT neutron peaks are clearly observed, and the experiment has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of the MS-TOF concept for detecting trace-DD neutrons within a DT neutron beam extracted from a DT burn plasma.

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Neutron spectrometer to measure the ion temperature in the deuterium plasma experiments

Iwai, Haruki*; Naoi, Norihiro*; Asai, Keisuke*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Isobe, Mitsutaka*; Yukawa, Kyohei*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Konno, Chikara

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For ion temperature measurement in DD plasma experiments, we are developing a high energy resolution neutron spectrometer based on the associated particle detection using a proton recoil telescope and a time-of-flight spectrometer. To verify the operational principle and the basic performance of this system, we have set up a prototype system through Monte Carlo simulations and carried out a preliminary experiment with a DD neutron beam at the Fusion Neutronics Source (FNS), JAEA. The results have demonstrated that the energy resolution could be achieved around 5.0% (in FWHM) for DD neutrons

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Applicability of multi-scattering time-of-flight neutron spectrometer to measure the fuel density ratio in experimental fusion reactor

Yukawa, Kyohei*; Asai, Keisuke*; Tomita, Hideki*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Iwai, Haruki*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Konno, Chikara

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We are developing a new neutron spectrometer to apply to the measurement of the D/T burning ratio in the ITER high-power operation region. This system is based on the conventional double crystal TOF method and consists of a water cell and several pairs of scintillators. A water cell is inserted before the first scintillator of the TOF system and acts as a radiator or neutron scattering material. Because DD neutrons have a larger cross section of elastic scattering with hydrogen than DT neutrons, the elastic scattering in the radiator enhances the relative ratio of DD/DT intensity by approximately three times before entering the TOF system. The enhancement of the relative intensity of DD neutrons makes the detection of DD neutrons easier. The feasibility of this method as a neutron spectrometer has been verified through a preliminary experiment using a DT neutron beam (20 mm$$phi$$) at the Fusion Neutronics Source, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, which includes a small amount of DD neutrons.

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