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200 1 _aNedis-Serpent simulation of a neutron source assembly with complex internal heterogeneous structure
_fS. V. Bedenko, G. N. Vlaskin, N. Ghal-Eh [et al.]
203 _aText
_celectronic
300 _aTitle screen
330 _aThe hybrid use of Nedis-2m and Serpent 2.1.30 codes to predict the radiation characteristics (i.e., neutron yield and energy spectrum) of an Am-Be source with a fine-grained mixture of americium dioxide (AmO2) and beryllium (Be) core was studied with a focus on the grain size influence on the simulation results. The study showed that the fine-grained structure of the source core would decrease the number of alpha particles participating in the nuclear reactions with 17,18O and 9Be nuclei, which softened the neutron energy spectrum and reduced the neutron yield. The simulations also confirmed that the source core made of the stable crystals of AmBe13 intermetallic alloy would improve the neutron yield to maximum 50% compared to the core made of AmO2. Moreover, a source with a variable neutron yield was proposed with a heterogeneous core of AmO2 rods embedded in Be. The neutron energy spectrum of heterogeneous source resembled the energy spectrum of Deuterium-Tritium (D-T) neutrons which were generated in a long magnetic trap with high-temperature plasma. The subcritical irradiation facility assembled from the nth number of heterogeneous Am-Be source can be used to study the properties of materials and the equipment operating in the epithermal and fast neutron spectra. The use of a heterogeneous Am-Be assembly, as a basic element of an irradiation installation, simplifies the handling and operation procedures because it is easily disabled by removing the Be layer, or by inserting a sheet of the appropriate size and material between the Be and Am rod.
333 _aРежим доступа: по договору с организацией-держателем ресурса
461 _tApplied Radiation and Isotopes
463 _tVol. 160
_v[109066, 8 p.]
_d2020
610 1 _aэлектронный ресурс
610 1 _aтруды учёных ТПУ
610 1 _aradioisotopic neutron sources
610 1 _a(α,n)-reaction
610 1 _aheterogeneous structure
610 1 _anedis-2m
610 1 _aserpent 2.1.30
610 1 _aрадиоизотопные источники
610 1 _aреакции
610 1 _aнеоднородная структура
701 1 _aBedenko
_bS. V.
_cphysicist
_cAssociate Professor of Tomsk Polytechnic University, Candidate of physical and mathematical sciences
_f1980-
_gSergey Vladimirovich
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701 1 _aVlaskin
_bG. N.
_gGennadiy Nikolaevich
701 1 _aGhal-Eh
_bN.
_gNima
701 1 _aLutsik
_bI. O.
_gIgor Olegovich
701 1 _aIrkimbekov
_bR. A.
_gRuslan Aleksandrovich
701 1 _aRahmani
_bF.
_gFaezeh
701 1 _aVega-Carrillo
_bH. R.
_gHector Rene
712 0 2 _aНациональный исследовательский Томский политехнический университет
_bИнженерная школа ядерных технологий
_bОтделение ядерно-топливного цикла
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_c20200923
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856 4 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109066
942 _cCF