Neutron Activation Foil and Thermoluminescent Dosimeter Responses to a Polyethylene Reflected Pulse of the CEA Valduc SILENE Critical Assembly

Miller, Thomas Martin¹  Celik, Cihangir¹  McMahan, Kimberly L.¹  Lee, Yi-kang²  Gagnier, Emmanuel³  Authier, Nicolas⁴  Piot, Jerome⁴  Jacquet, Xavier⁴  Rousseau, Guillaume⁴  Reynolds, Kevin H.⁵ 

[1]Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

[2]French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Saclay (France)

[3]French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Centre de Saclay, Gif sur Yvette

[4]French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Salives (France). Valduc Centre for Nuclear Studies

[5]Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

关键词: acceptable;    CAAS;    energy spectrum;    neutron;    neutron activation;    photon;    SILENE;    TLD;    uranyl nitrate;    polyethylene and cadmium shield;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1327663
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM--2016/317
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1327663
Others  :  Other: DP0909010
Others  :  DPDP097
Others  :  alarm-tran-ch2-shield-001

学科分类：物理（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This benchmark experiment was conducted as a joint venture between the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the French Commissariat ?? l'Energie Atomique (CEA). Staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the US and the Centre de Valduc in France planned this experiment. The experiment was conducted on October 19, 2010 in the SILENE critical assembly facility at Valduc. Several other organizations contributed to this experiment and the subsequent evaluation, including CEA Saclay, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the Y-12 National Security Complex (NSC), Babcock International Group in the United Kingdom, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The goal of this experiment was to measure neutron activation and thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) doses from a source similar to a fissile solution critical excursion. The resulting benchmark can be used for validation of computer codes and nuclear data libraries as required when performing analysis of criticality accident alarm systems (CAASs). A secondary goal of this experiment was to qualitatively test performance of two CAAS detectors similar to those currently and formerly in use in some US DOE facilities. The detectors tested were the CIDAS MkX and the Rocky Flats NCD-91. The CIDAS detects gammas with a Geiger-Muller tube and the Rocky Flats detects neutrons via charged particles produced in a thin 6LiF disc depositing energy in a Si solid state detector. These detectors were being evaluated to determine whether they would alarm, so they were not expected to generate benchmark quality data.