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Evaluation of Response Functions for Activation Foil-based Bonner Spheres  

Kim, Jung-Ho (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Park, Hyeon-Seo (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research / v.36, no.1, 2011 , pp. 44-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
Activation foil-based Bonner sphere spheres are used to obtain neutron energy spectra of nuclear power plants or accelerator-produced neutrons. The position and the foil mass dependence of response functions should be studied carefully before measurement of Bonner spheres. This study showed that the normal incidence to the foil surface made a large shift of responses while parallel and isotropic incidence made no position dependence. The correlation between foil mass and response was not linear. Therefore, the response functions of activation-foil based Bonner spheres should be calculated for every different foil mass and the direction of Bonner spheres for parallel incidence will be preferred for radioactive neutron source or accelerator target produced neutrons.
Keywords
Neutron activation foil; Bonner sphere; Response function; MCNPX;
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