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Title: Activation assessment of the soil around the ESS accelerator tunnel

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics. Conference Series
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. European Spallation Source, ESS-ERIC, Lund (Sweden)
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Activation of the soil surrounding the ESS accelerator tunnel calculated by the MARS15 code is presented. A detailed composition of the soil, that comprises about 30 chemical elements, is considered. Spatial distributions of the produced activity are provided in both transverse and longitudinal directions. A realistic irradiation profile for the entire planned lifetime of the facility is used. The nuclear transmutation and decay of the produced radionuclides is calculated with the DeTra code which is a built-in tool for the MARS15 code. Radionuclide production by low-energy neutrons is calculated using the ENDF/B-VII evaluated nuclear data library. In order to estimate quality of this activation assessment, a comparison between calculated and measured activation of various foils in a similar radiation environment is presented.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1413086
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-17-378-APC; arXiv:1801.03971; 1647975
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics. Conference Series, Vol. 1046; ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 1 work
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