Development and Validation of Temperature Dependent Thermal Neutron Scattering Laws for Applications and Safety Implications in Generation IV Reactor Designs

Hawari, Ayman

North Carolina State University

关键词: Slowing-Down;    Neutron Spectra;    Thermalization;    Scattering;    Neutrons;   

DOI  :  10.2172/934786
RP-ID  :  DOE/SF/22514
RP-ID  :  FG07-02SF22514
RP-ID  :  934786

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The overall obljectives of this project are to critically review the currently used thermal neutron scattering laws for various moderators as a function of temperature, select as well documented and representative set of experimental data sensitive to the neutron spectra to generate a data base of benchmarks, update models and models parameters by introducing new developments in thermalization theory and condensed matter physics into various computational approaches in establishing the scattering laws, benchmark the results against the experimentatl set. In the case of graphite, a validation experiment is performed by observing nutron slowing down as a function of temperatures equal to or greater than room temperature.