Facility for seed irradiation with fast neutrons in TRIGA-type reactors
Description
Proposals are made for a facility for seed irradiation with fast neutrons in TRIGA-type reactors based on measurements in the TRIGA-Mark II in Vienna and on the experience gained with a seed irradiation facility used since November 1966 in the ASTRA reactor in Seibersdorf. Three lead- and boron-shielded facilities of varying diameters and one uranium-shielded facility are proposed. A comparison of these facilities reveals that the uranium-shielded one has the best physical properties. It is smaller than the lead-shielded facility, provides better gamma shielding, reduces the thermal neutron flux without any additional absorption material and increases the fast-neutron dose. but the choice of type of facility has to be made individually at each TRIGA reactor station, depending upon the space available in the pool of the reactor and the funds available for the facility. (author). 7 refs, 6 figs, 2 tabs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IAEA.
- Imprint Place
- Vienna (Austria)
- Imprint Title
- Neutron irradiation of seeds 2
- Imprint Pagination
- 183 p.
- Journal Issue
- No.92
- Series
- Technical reports series.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 113-121.
Conference
- Title
- FAO/IAEA meeting on co-ordination of research on the use of neutrons in seed irradiation.
- Dates
- 11-15 Dec 1967.
- Place
- Vienna (Austria).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Austria
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 25052807
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- DESIGN; DOSE RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAST NEUTRONS; GAMMA DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON FLUENCE; NEUTRON FLUX; SEEDS; TRIGA TYPE REACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; DATA; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; HYDRIDE MODERATED REACTORS; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEONS; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION FLUX; RADIATIONS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- STI/DOC--10/92.