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Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period

Patronis, N.*; Kimura, Atsushi; 130 of others*

EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation (Internet), 10, p.13_1 - 13_10, 2023/05

https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w

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Measurement of high-energy neutron fluxes and spectra around the J-PARC mercury spallation neutron target using multi-foil activation method

Kasugai, Yoshimi; Harada, Masahide; Kai, Tetsuya; Oi, Motoki; Meigo, Shinichiro; Maekawa, Fujio

JAEA-Data/Code 2015-033, 28 Pages, 2016/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2015-033.pdf:1.78MB

The high-energy neutron fluxes and spectra around the mercury spallation neutron source at MLF of J-PARC were measured by the multi-foil activation method. The threshold energies of neutron reactions utilized in this experiment covered from 0.1 to 50 MeV. The foil irradiation was carried out on the first beam-run of MLF from May 30th to 31th, 2008. After the irradiation, the induced radioactivity of each foil was measured using an HPGe detector, and the neutron-induced reaction-rate distribution around the mercury target was determined. Using these data, the high-energy neutron fluxes and spectra were deduced with unfolding method in which the neutron spectra calculated with PHITS code were used as the initial-guess spectra. By comparison between the initial and the unfolded spectra, it was shown that most of the calculation results, which had been the basis of the neutronics design of the MLF target assembly, were consistent with the experimental data within 30%.

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Corrections to the $^{148}$ Nd method of evaluation of burnup for the PIE samples from Mihama-3 and Genkai-1 reactors

Suyama, Kenya; Mochizuki, Hiroki*

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 33(4), p.335 - 342, 2006/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2005.11.009

Times Cited Count：10 Percentile：54.93(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The value of the burnup is one of the most important parameters of samples taken by post irradiation examination (PIE). In this study, concerning the PIE data from Mihama-3 and Genkai-1 PWRs, which were taken at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, the burnup values of the PIE samples were re-evaluated and the PIE data are re-analyzed using SWAT and SWAT2 code systems with JENDL-3.3 library. This analysis concludes that the burnup values of samples from Mihama-3 and Genkai-1 PWRs should be corrected of 2-3%. The effect of re-evaluation of the burnup value on the neutron multiplication factor is approximately 1% for PIE samples having the burnup of larger than 30 GWd/t. Comparison between calculation results using a single pin cell model and an assembly model is carried out. Because the both results agreed within a few percents, we concluded that the single pin cell model is suitable for the analysis of PIE samples and the underestimation of plutonium isotopes does not result from the geometry model.

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Neutron data storage and retrieval system NESTOR2

Nakagawa, Tsuneo

JAERI-Data/Code 2003-016, 89 Pages, 2003/11

JAERI-Data-Code-2003-016.pdf:3.0MB

The data storage and retrieval system for neutron-induced reaction data NESTOR2 was developed. NESTOR2 was written in Fortran77, and can be used on workstations with UNIX and personal computers with Windows. Input data to NESTOR2 are those in EXFOR which are compiled and maintained under the international collaboration for nuclear data. By using the retrieval code, they can obtain lists of data index, numerical data and comment information and data files of numerical data. The present report explains the system and provides a user's manual of NESTOR2.

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Radioactivity production around the surface of a cooling water pipe in a D-T fusion reactor by sequential charged particle reactions

Hori, Junichi; Maekawa, Fujio; Wada, Masayuki*; Ochiai, Kentaro; Yamauchi, Michinori*; Morimoto, Yuichi*; Terada, Yasuaki; Klix, A.; Nishitani, Takeo

Fusion Engineering and Design, 63-64, p.271 - 276, 2002/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00127-8

Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：15.85(Nuclear Science & Technology)

In order to the waste management method and the safety design of future D-T fusion reactor, it is important to consider the radioactivity productions via not only primary neutron reactions but also sequential charged particle reactions (SCPR). Especially, on the surface of a coolant channel many recoiled protons are generated by the neutron irradiation with coolant water, so it is apprehensive that the undesirable radioactive nuclide production yields via SCPR are enhanced. In this work, the laminated sample pieces of fusion material foils (V, Fe, W, Ti, Pb, Cu) were made and attached on a polyethylene board to simulate water flowing inside a coolant channel. They were irradiated with D-T neutrons. The effective radioactivity cross section and the depth distribution of the radioactivity production yields due to SCPR were obtained for each material. On the other hand, the estimated values were compared with the experimental ones.

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