ATHENA: A unique radiation environment platform at the National Ignition Facility
Abstract
This paper describes the ATHENA platform, an energy tuning assembly, which was developed to spectrally shape the National Ignition Facility (NIF) deuterium–tritium fusion neutron source to a thermonuclear (fusion) plus prompt fission neutron spectrum with a capability to act as a short-pulse neutron source. This unique, otherwise inaccessible radiation environment complements existing experimental facilities and capabilities. Here, the flexible ATHENA irradiation positions were modeled using an ensemble of Monte Carlo simulations with stochastic sampling of the nuclear cross-sections to characterize the radiation environments and uncertainty for the platform. Validation of the internal neutron spectrum produced from fielding ATHENA at NIF occurred through neutron flux unfolding with 20 measured activation products.
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- Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)
- Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States); Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1881623
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1868666
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-838442
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 1057728; TRN: US2307861
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; NA000103
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1016; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; Short-pulse neutron source; Neutron energy tuning; Radiation effects experiment; Neutron spectrum unfolding
Citation Formats
Quartemont, Nicholas J., Peterson, George, Moran, Colton, Samin, Adib, Wang, Buguo, Yeamans, Charles, Woodworth, Brandon, Holland, Darren, Petrosky, James C., and Bevins, James E. ATHENA: A unique radiation environment platform at the National Ignition Facility. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165777.
Quartemont, Nicholas J., Peterson, George, Moran, Colton, Samin, Adib, Wang, Buguo, Yeamans, Charles, Woodworth, Brandon, Holland, Darren, Petrosky, James C., & Bevins, James E. ATHENA: A unique radiation environment platform at the National Ignition Facility. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165777
Quartemont, Nicholas J., Peterson, George, Moran, Colton, Samin, Adib, Wang, Buguo, Yeamans, Charles, Woodworth, Brandon, Holland, Darren, Petrosky, James C., and Bevins, James E. Tue .
"ATHENA: A unique radiation environment platform at the National Ignition Facility". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165777. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1881623.
@article{osti_1881623,
title = {ATHENA: A unique radiation environment platform at the National Ignition Facility},
author = {Quartemont, Nicholas J. and Peterson, George and Moran, Colton and Samin, Adib and Wang, Buguo and Yeamans, Charles and Woodworth, Brandon and Holland, Darren and Petrosky, James C. and Bevins, James E.},
abstractNote = {This paper describes the ATHENA platform, an energy tuning assembly, which was developed to spectrally shape the National Ignition Facility (NIF) deuterium–tritium fusion neutron source to a thermonuclear (fusion) plus prompt fission neutron spectrum with a capability to act as a short-pulse neutron source. This unique, otherwise inaccessible radiation environment complements existing experimental facilities and capabilities. Here, the flexible ATHENA irradiation positions were modeled using an ensemble of Monte Carlo simulations with stochastic sampling of the nuclear cross-sections to characterize the radiation environments and uncertainty for the platform. Validation of the internal neutron spectrum produced from fielding ATHENA at NIF occurred through neutron flux unfolding with 20 measured activation products.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2021.165777},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 1016,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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