Thermal neutron filter design for the neutron radiography facility at the LVR-15 reactor

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465569" target="_blank" >10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465569</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Thermal neutron filter design for the neutron radiography facility at the LVR-15 reactor

Original language description

In 2011 a decision was made to build a neutron radiography/ facility at one of the unused horizontal channels of the LVR-15 research reactor in Rez, Czech Republic. One of the key conditions for operating an effective radiography facility is the delivery of a high intensity, homogeneous and collimated thermal neutron beam at the sample location. Additionally the intensity of fast neutrons has to be kept as low as possible as the fast neutrons may damage the detectors used for neutron imaging. As the spectrum in the empty horizontal channel roughly copies the spectrum in the reactor core, which has a high ratio of fast neutrons, neutron filter components have to be installed inside the channel in order to achieve desired beam parameters. As the channel design does not allow the instalment of complex filters and collimators, an optimal solution represent neutron filters made of large single-crystal ingots of proper material composition. Single-crystal silicon was chosen as a favorable filter material for its wide availability in sufficient dimensions. Besides its ability to reasonably lower the ratio of fast neutrons while still keeping high intensities of thermal neutrons, due to its large dimensions, it suits as a shielding against gamma radiation from the reactor core. For designing the necessary filter dimensions the Monte-Carlo MCNP transport code was used. As the code does not provide neutron cross-section libraries for thermal neutron transport through single-crystalline silicon, these had to be created by approximating the theory of thermal neutron scattering and modifying the original cross-section data which are provided with the code. Carrying out a series of calculations the filter thickness of 1 m proved good for gaining a beam with desired parameters and a low gamma background. After mounting the filter inside the channel several measurements of the neutron field were realized at the beam exit. The results have justified the calculated values. After the

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

JF - Nuclear energy

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

2015 4th International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA)

ISBN

978-1-4799-9918-7

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

1640-1643

Publisher name

IEEE

Place of publication

Piscataway (New Jersey)

Event location

Lisabon

Event date

Apr 20, 2015

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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