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[en] Control rods are activated by neutron reactions into the reactor. The activation is produced mainly in stainless steel and its impurities. The dose produced by this activity is not important inside the reactor, but it has to be taken into account when the rod is withdrawn from it. The neutron activation has been modeled with the MCNP5 code based on the Monte Carlo method. The number of reactions obtained with the code can be converted into activity. In this work, a detailed model of the control rod has been developed considering all its components: handle, tubes, gain, and central core. On the other hand, the rod has been divided into 5 zones in order to consider the different axial exposition to neutron flux into the reactor. Results of the Monte Carlo simulation for the neutron activation constitute a gamma source in the control rod. With this source, applying again the Monte Carlo method, doses at certain distance of the rod have been calculated. Comparison of calculated doses with experimental measurements leads to the validation of the model developed.
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11. international symposium on radiation physics: Frontiers in radiation physics and applications; Melbourne (Australia); 20-25 Sep 2009; S0168-9002(09)02012-9; Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.084; Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment; ISSN 0168-9002;
; CODEN NIMAER; v. 619(1-3); p. 258-261

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ALLOYS, BARYON REACTIONS, BARYONS, CALCULATION METHODS, CARBON ADDITIONS, DOSES, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EVALUATION, FERMIONS, HADRON REACTIONS, HADRONS, HIGH ALLOY STEELS, IRON ALLOYS, IRON BASE ALLOYS, NUCLEAR REACTIONS, NUCLEON REACTIONS, NUCLEONS, POWER REACTORS, RADIATION FLUX, RADIATION SOURCES, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, SIMULATION, STEELS, TESTING, THERMAL REACTORS, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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