Published August 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Commissioning operation of reactor based cold neutron source facility

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang (China)

Description

14.5K cryogenic Helium is the refrigerating medium of the Cold Neutron Source (CNS) Facility. Hydrogen is liquefied from normal atmospheric temperature by the operation of CNS Refrigeration Cryogenic System (RCS). Liquid hydrogen overflows the Moderator Chamber. Thermal neutrons around liquid hydrogen deliver their energy to liquid hydrogen and then they become cold neutrons. Cold neutrons travel along the neutron guide tube and then arrive to the neutron spectrometers in the scattering hall. Stably operating of all CNS subsystems is the base for obtaining cold neutron. And RCS debugging is the most complex one in all works. Trouble and problem solving during the commissioning operation of RCS is the primary coverage of this paper. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Electronics and Detection Technology
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 930-933
ISSN
0258-0934

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Notes
2 figs., 4 refs.