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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2022.01.021

Evaluation of cadmium ratio for conceptual design of a cyclotron-based thermal neutron radiography system

Kuo, Weng-Sheng (Nuclear Engineering Division, Institute of Nuclear Energy Research)

Publication Information

Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.54, no.7, 2022 , pp. 2572-2578 More about this Journal

Abstract

An approximate method for calculating the cadmium ratio of a cyclotron-based thermal neutron radiography system was developed. In this method, the Monte-Carlo code, MCNP6.2, was employed to calculate the neutron capture rates of Au-197, and the cadmium ratio was obtained by computing the ratio of neutron capture rates. From the simulation results, the computed cadmium ratio is reasonably acceptable, and the assumption of ignoring the fast neutron contribution to the cadmium ratio is valid.

Keywords

Cadmium ratio; Cyclotron; Thermal neutron radiography system;

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