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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2017.06.012

Benchmarks of subcriticality in accelerator-driven system at Kyoto University Critical Assembly  

Pyeon, Cheol Ho (Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University)
Yamanaka, Masao (Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University)
Kim, Song-Hyun (Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University)
Vu, Thanh-Mai (Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University)
Endo, Tomohiro (Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University)
Van Rooijen, Willem Fredrik G. (Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering, University of Fukui)
Chiba, Go (Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.49, no.6, 2017 , pp. 1234-1239 More about this Journal
Abstract
Basic research on the accelerator-driven system is conducted by combining $^{235}U$-fueled and $^{232}Th$-loaded cores in the Kyoto University Critical Assembly with the pulsed neutron generator (14 MeV neutrons) and the proton beam accelerator (100 MeV protons with a heavy metal target). The results of experimental subcriticality are presented with a wide range of subcriticality level between near critical and 10,000 pcm, as obtained by the pulsed neutron source method, the Feynman-${\alpha}$ method, and the neutron source multiplication method.
Keywords
ADS; KUCA; Subcriticality;
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