Neutron Dosimetry of the HFIR Hydraulic Facility
The total, fast, and thermal neutron fluxes at five axial positions in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) hydraulic tube have been measured using bare and/or cadmium-covered activation, fission, and helium accumulation flux monitors. The spectrum-averaged, one-group cross sections over selected energy ranges for the reactions used in the measurements were obtained using cross sections from the ENDF/B-V file, and the target region volume-integrated spectrum was calculated with DORT, a two-dimensional discrete ordinates radiation transport code. The fluxes obtained from various monitors are in good agreement. The total and fast (>1 MeV) neutron fluxes vary from 1.6 x 10{sup 19} n/m{sup 2} {center_dot} s and 1.6 x 10{sup 18} n/m{sup 2} {center_dot} s, respectively, at the ends (HT-1 and -9) of the facility to 4.0 x 10{sup 19} n/m{sup 2} {center_dot} s and 4.6 x 10{sup 18} n/m{sup 2} {center_dot} s, respectively, at the center (HT-5) of the facility. The thermal-to-fast (> 1 MeV) flux ratio varies from about 5.4 at the center to about 6.7 at the ends of the facility. The ratio of fast flux greater than 0.1 MeV to that greater than 1 MeV is 2.0 and stays almost constant along the length of the tube.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DIV. OF MATERIALS SCIENCES, DOE (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 814554
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-12831; TRN: US0304266
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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