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Title: Validation of Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production in a spallation experiment

Abstract

A renewed interest in experimental research on Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS) has been initiated by the global attempt to produce energy from thorium as a safe(r), clean(er) and (more) proliferation-resistant alternative to the uranium-fuelled thermal nuclear reactors. The ADS research has been actively pursued at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, since decades. Most recently, the emission of fast neutrons was experimentally investigated at the massive (m = 512 kg) natural uranium spallation target QUINTA. The target has been irradiated with the relativistic deuteron beams of energy from 0.5 AGeV up to 4 AGeV at the JINR Nuclotron accelerator in numerous experiments since 2011. Neutron production inside the target was studied through the gamma-ray spectrometry measurement of natural uranium activation detectors. Experimental reaction rates for (n,γ), (n,f) and (n,2n) reactions in uranium have provided valuable information about the neutron distribution over a wide range of energies up to some GeV. The experimental data were compared to the predictions of Monte Carlo simulations using the MCNPX 2.7.0 code. In conclusion, the results are presented and potential sources of partial disagreement are discussed later in this work.

Authors:
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  1. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation); Czech Technical Univ., Prague (Czech Republic). Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering
  2. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation); Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague (Czech Republic). Nuclear Physics Inst.
  3. National Science Center Kharkiv Inst. of Physics and Technology (KIPT), Kharkov (Ukraine)
  4. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation)
  5. Joint Inst. of Power and Nuclear Research NASB, Sosny, Minsk (Belarus)
  6. Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague (Czech Republic). Nuclear Physics Inst.
  7. Center of Physics and Technical Projects "Atomenergomash", Moscow (Russia)
  8. Brno Univ. of Technology, Brno (Czech Republic)
  9. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  10. Czech Technical Univ., Prague (Czech Republic). Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague (Czech Republic). Nuclear Physics Inst.
  11. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation); Czech Technical Univ., Prague (Czech Republic). Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague (Czech Republic). Nuclear Physics Inst.
  12. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (Bulgaria). Inst. for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1431329
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-688-APC
Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549; 1622393; TRN: US1803016
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford); Journal Volume: 80; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Accelerator-driven systems; Uranium spallation target; Neutron emission; Activation measurement; Monte Carlo simulation

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Zavorka, L., Adam, J., Artiushenko, M., Baldin, A. A., Brudanin, V. B., Bukhal, O., Caloun, P., Chilap, V. V., Furman, W. I., Husak, K., Kadykov, M. G., Katovsky, K., Khushvaktov, J., Marin, I. I., Pronskikh, V. S., Solnyshkin, A. A., Sotnikov, V., Stegailov, V. I., Suchopar, M., Svoboda, O., Tsoupko-Sitnikov, V. M., Tyutyunnikov, S. I., Voronko, V., Vrzalova, J., Wagner, V., Zhivkov, P., and Zhuk, I. Validation of Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production in a spallation experiment. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2015.02.010.
Zavorka, L., Adam, J., Artiushenko, M., Baldin, A. A., Brudanin, V. B., Bukhal, O., Caloun, P., Chilap, V. V., Furman, W. I., Husak, K., Kadykov, M. G., Katovsky, K., Khushvaktov, J., Marin, I. I., Pronskikh, V. S., Solnyshkin, A. A., Sotnikov, V., Stegailov, V. I., Suchopar, M., Svoboda, O., Tsoupko-Sitnikov, V. M., Tyutyunnikov, S. I., Voronko, V., Vrzalova, J., Wagner, V., Zhivkov, P., & Zhuk, I. Validation of Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production in a spallation experiment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2015.02.010
Zavorka, L., Adam, J., Artiushenko, M., Baldin, A. A., Brudanin, V. B., Bukhal, O., Caloun, P., Chilap, V. V., Furman, W. I., Husak, K., Kadykov, M. G., Katovsky, K., Khushvaktov, J., Marin, I. I., Pronskikh, V. S., Solnyshkin, A. A., Sotnikov, V., Stegailov, V. I., Suchopar, M., Svoboda, O., Tsoupko-Sitnikov, V. M., Tyutyunnikov, S. I., Voronko, V., Vrzalova, J., Wagner, V., Zhivkov, P., and Zhuk, I. Wed . "Validation of Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production in a spallation experiment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2015.02.010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1431329.
@article{osti_1431329,
title = {Validation of Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production in a spallation experiment},
author = {Zavorka, L. and Adam, J. and Artiushenko, M. and Baldin, A. A. and Brudanin, V. B. and Bukhal, O. and Caloun, P. and Chilap, V. V. and Furman, W. I. and Husak, K. and Kadykov, M. G. and Katovsky, K. and Khushvaktov, J. and Marin, I. I. and Pronskikh, V. S. and Solnyshkin, A. A. and Sotnikov, V. and Stegailov, V. I. and Suchopar, M. and Svoboda, O. and Tsoupko-Sitnikov, V. M. and Tyutyunnikov, S. I. and Voronko, V. and Vrzalova, J. and Wagner, V. and Zhivkov, P. and Zhuk, I.},
abstractNote = {A renewed interest in experimental research on Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS) has been initiated by the global attempt to produce energy from thorium as a safe(r), clean(er) and (more) proliferation-resistant alternative to the uranium-fuelled thermal nuclear reactors. The ADS research has been actively pursued at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, since decades. Most recently, the emission of fast neutrons was experimentally investigated at the massive (m = 512 kg) natural uranium spallation target QUINTA. The target has been irradiated with the relativistic deuteron beams of energy from 0.5 AGeV up to 4 AGeV at the JINR Nuclotron accelerator in numerous experiments since 2011. Neutron production inside the target was studied through the gamma-ray spectrometry measurement of natural uranium activation detectors. Experimental reaction rates for (n,γ), (n,f) and (n,2n) reactions in uranium have provided valuable information about the neutron distribution over a wide range of energies up to some GeV. The experimental data were compared to the predictions of Monte Carlo simulations using the MCNPX 2.7.0 code. In conclusion, the results are presented and potential sources of partial disagreement are discussed later in this work.},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2015.02.010},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford)},
number = C,
volume = 80,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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