Preliminary status and results of the JAEA/ISCN fission signature assay instrument for delayed gamma-ray spectrometry nuclear safeguards

Rodriguez, D. C.; Akamatsu, Shunsuke*; Rossi, F.; Suzuki, Satoshi*; Takahashi, Tone

Proceedings of 65th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (Internet), 9 Pages, 2024/07

Optimizing fissile nuclide content analysis for delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy nuclear safeguards

Rodriguez, D. C.; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Rossi, F.; Takahashi, Tone

Proceedings of 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (2022 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD) (Internet), 3 Pages, 2022/12

Calculation of nuclear core parameters for HTTR; Report of summer holiday practical training 2021

Isogawa, Hiroki*; Naoi, Motomasa*; Yamasaki, Seiji*; Ho, H. Q.; Katayama, Kazunari*; Matsuura, Hideaki*; Fujimoto, Nozomu*; Ishitsuka, Etsuo

JAEA-Technology 2022-015, 18 Pages, 2022/07

JAEA-Technology-2022-015.pdf:1.37MB

As a summer holiday practical training 2021, the impact of 10 years long-term shutdown on critical control rod position of the HTTR and the delayed neutron fraction () of the VHTRC-1 core were investigated using Monte-Carlo MVP code. As a result, a long-term shutdown of 10 years caused the critical control rods of the HTTR to withdraw about 4.00.8 cm compared to 3.9 cm in the experiment. The change in critical control rods position of the HTTR is due to the change of some fission products such as Pu, Am, Pm, Sm, Gd. Regarding the calculation of the VHTRC-1 core, the value is underestimate of about 10% in comparison with the experiment value.

Calculation of transient parameters of the integral kinetic model with delayed neutrons for space-dependent kinetic analysis of coupled reactors

Takezawa, Hiroki*; Tuya, D.; Obara, Toru*

Nuclear Science and Engineering, 195(11), p.1236 - 1246, 2021/11

https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2021.1920797

This study introduces new methodologies for integrating fission reactions induced by delayed neutrons into the Multi-Region Integral Kinetic (MIK) code by using a Monte Carlo neutron transport calculation. First, it was confirmed that it is feasible to solve the Integral Kinetic Model (IKM) with delayed neutrons by the forward Euler discretization method in terms of the number of time steps. This can be done with the help of the law of radioactive decay to reflect the delay in the emission of delayed neutrons in the discretized IKM. Second, a new Monte Carlo-based methodology was introduced for calculating the cumulative distribution functions of secondary fission induced by prompt and delayed neutrons. These functions are necessary for the discretized IKM. The results of preliminary verification using the Godiva reactor confirmed the applicability of the new Monte Carlo-based methodology.

Utilizing PUNITA experiments to evaluate fundamental delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy interrogation requirements for nuclear safeguards

Rodriguez, D. C.; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Rossi, F.; Seya, Michio; Takahashi, Tone; Bogucarska, T.*; Crochemore, J.-M.*; Pedersen, B.*; Takamine, Jun

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 57(8), p.975 - 988, 2020/08

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2020.1742812

Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of for MYRRHA using a Monte Carlo technique

Iwamoto, Hiroki; Stankovskiy, A.*; Fiorito, L.*; Van den Eynde, G.*

EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies (Internet), 4, p.42_1 - 42_7, 2018/11

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018023

This paper presents a nuclear data sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the effective delayed neutron fraction for critical and subcritical cores of the MYRRHA reactor using the continuous-energy Monte Carlo transport code MCNP. The sensitivities are calculated by the modified -ratio method proposed by Chiba. Comparing the sensitivities obtained with different scaling factors introduced by Chiba shows that a value of is the most suitable for the uncertainty quantification of . Using the calculated sensitivities and the JENDL-4.0u covariance data, the uncertainties for the critical and subcritical cores are determined to be 2.2 0.2% and 2.0 0.2%, respectively, which are dominated by delayed neutron yield of Pu and U.

Assessment of human body surface and internal dose estimations in criticality accidents based on experimental and computational simulations

Sono, Hiroki; Ono, Akio*; Kojima, Takuji; Takahashi, Fumiaki; Yamane, Yoshihiro*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 43(3), p.276 - 284, 2006/03

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.43.276

For a study on the applicability of a personal dosimetry method to criticality accident dosimetry, an assessment of the human body surface and internal dose estimations was performed by experimental and computational simulations. The experimental simulation was carried out in a criticality accident situation at the TRACY facility. The neutron and -ray absorbed doses in muscle tissue were separately estimated by a dosimeter set of an alanine dosimeter and a thermoluminescence dosimeter made of enriched lithium tetra borate with a phantom. The computational simulation was conducted with a Monte Carlo code taking account of dose components of neutrons, prompt -rays and delayed -rays. The computational simulation was ascertained to be valid by comparison between the calculated dose distributions in the phantom and the measured ones. The assessment based on the experimental and computational simulations confirmed that the personal dosimetry using the dosimeter set provided a first estimation of the body surface and internal doses with precision.

Adjustment of total delayed neutron yields of U, U and Pu by using results of in-pile measurements of effective delayed neutron fraction

Sakurai, Takeshi; Okajima, Shigeaki

Proceedings of International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology; Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing (PHYSOR 2002) (CD-ROM), 12 Pages, 2002/10

The cross section adjustment method was applied to total delayed neutron yields of U, U and Pu of the JENDL-3.2 file by using experimental results of effective delayed neutron fraction at six cores built in two fast critical facilities of the MASURCA and FCA and a thermal critical facility of the TCA to improve these yields. The adjustment was carried out on the yields given at several incident neutron energy points in the file. Furthermore, to validate these adjusted delayed neutron yields, analyses were performed for the experiments at ZPR fast critical facility. These adjusted yields brought a reduction of uncertainty of calculated and an improvement in agreement of between experiment and calculation.

Adjustment of total delayed neutron yields of U, U and Pu in JENDL-3.2 using benchmark experiments on effective delayed neutron fraction

Sakurai, Takeshi; Okajima, Shigeaki

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(1), p.19 - 30, 2002/01

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.39.19

The cross section adjustment method was applied to total delayed neutron yields of U, U and Pu of the JENDL-3.2 file by using experimental results of effective delayed neutron fraction at six cores built in two fast critical facilities of the MASURCA and FCA and a thermal critical facility of the TCA to improve these yields. The adjustment was carried out on the yields given at several incident neutron energy points in the file. After the adjustment, the yield of U was almost uniformly decreased by about 3% below 7 MeV. The yield of Pu was increased by 2.6% and that of U was decreased by 0.9% at the thermal energy point, while the change of yield was less than 0.3% at the other energy points for these nuclides. By using these adjusted yields, the uncertainty of calculated was reduced and the agreement of between experiment and calculation was improved.

Action for delayed neutron data evaluation

Okajima, Shigeaki

JAERI-Conf 99-007, p.124 - 127, 1999/07

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAERI-Conf-99-007.pdf

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