在KAMINI反应堆南梁门附近使用嵌套中子子谱仪测量中子谱
D Venkata Subramanian1, Adish Haridas1, D Sunil Kumar1
1Reactor Shielding and Data Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, India.
Radiation protection dosimetry
|July 17, 2024
概括
研究人员描述了通过研究反应堆流动的中子.
科学领域:
- 核工程 核工程是指核工程.
- 辐射屏蔽 辐射屏蔽
背景情况:
- 卡尔帕卡姆MINI反应堆 (KAMINI) 是一个以233U为燃料的研究反应堆.
- 在南光门附近的中子和马剂量率分别为275-300μSv/h和175-200μSv/h,在10kW运行下测量.
- 由于中子和马射线的流动,即使有屏蔽,也存在显著的辐射剂量.
研究的目的:
- 首次描述了门上的流动中子谱.
- 测量中子流量,平均能量和环境剂量等效率.
- 为了将测量结果与来自南梁坑的早期数据进行比较.
主要方法:
- 使用嵌套中子光谱仪进行光谱表征.
- 在卡米尼反应堆的南梁门进行测量.
- 屏蔽和未屏蔽的中子光谱和剂量率的比较.
主要成果:
- 帕拉芬盾的存在使中子平均能量从370 keV降低到178 keV.
- 在10kW时,中子流被减弱了25000倍.
- 在屏蔽后,测量位置的中子光谱变得更加热化.
结论:
- 该研究成功地在KAMINI反应堆门上特征了流中子子谱和剂量率.
- 石屏蔽有效地减少了中子能量和流量.
- 创建中子参考数据用于顶门位置.
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