Nuclear Engineering and Technology

  • 제40권4호
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  • Pages.299-304
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  • 2008
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  • 1738-5733(pISSN)
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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MEASUREMENT OF THE D-D NEUTRON GENERATION RATE BY PROTON COUNTING

  • Kim, In-Jung (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jung, Nam-Suk (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choi, Hee-Dong (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 발행 : 2008.06.30
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A detection system was set up to measure the neutron generation rate of a recently developed D-D neutron generator. The system is composed of a Si detector, He-3 detector, and electronics for pulse height analysis. The neutron generation rate was measured by counting protons using the Si detector, and the data was crosschecked by counting neutrons with the He-3 detector. The efficiencies of the Si and He-3 detectors were calibrated independently by using a standard alpha particle source $^{241}Am$ and a bare isotopic neutron source $^{252}Cf$, respectively. The effect of the cross-sectional difference between the D(d,p)T and $D(d,n)^3He$ reactions was evaluated for the case of a thick target. The neutron generation rate was theoretically corrected for the anisotropic emission of protons and neutrons in the D-D reactions. The attenuations of neutron on the path to the He-3 detector by the target assembly and vacuum flange of the neutron generator were considered by the Monte Carlo method using the MCNP 4C2 code. As a result, the neutron generation rate based on the Si detector measurement was determined with a relative uncertainty of ${\pm}5%$, and the two rates measured by both detectors corroborated within 20%.

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