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Transmutation of Th and U with neutrons produced in Pb target and U-blanket system by relativistic deuterons

Creators

  • 1. Czech Academy of Sciences, Nuclear Physics Institute, Rez (Czech Republic)
  • 2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Department of Nuclear Reactors, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 4. HENP Laboratory, Physics Department, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (India)

Description

Lead target and uranium blanket setup called 'Energy plus Transmutation' was irradiated by 1.6 GeV deuteron beam from the Nuclotron accelerator at the Laboratory of High Energies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna). Neutrons generated by spallation reactions of deuterons with lead target interact with subcritical uranium blanket. In the neutron field outside the blanket radioactive uranium and thorium samples were irradiated. Reaction rate of some residual nuclei determined using the method of gamma spectroscopy in the experiment is used to calculate the transmutation power of the setup. Experimental results are compared with the Monte Carlo calculation performed by the MCNPX 2.6C code and with some results of the TARC experiment

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URL
http://www1.jinr.ru/Preprints/2008/118(E15-2008-118).pdf;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
30 p.
Report number
JINR-E--15-2008-118

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Country of Publication
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
Country of Input or Organization
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
INIS RN
41118903
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
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Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
BEAM PROFILES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CORRECTIONS; DEUTERON REACTIONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FISSION; FISSION PRODUCTS; FOILS; GAMMA SPECTRA; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GEV RANGE 01-10; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; LEAD 207 TARGET; MASS; MEV RANGE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON REACTIONS; NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD; PHOTONS; SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES; THORIUM 232 TARGET; TIME DELAY; TIME MEASUREMENT; TRANSMUTATION; URANIUM 238 TARGET
Descriptors DEC
BARYON REACTIONS; BOSONS; CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS; DATA; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; GEV RANGE; HADRON REACTIONS; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEON REACTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION FLUX; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY; TARGETS; YIELDS

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Notes
23 refs., 15 figs., 10 tabs. Submitted to the journal, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment