Measurement of thermal neutrons reflection coefficients for two-layer reflectors

Azimkhani, S.; Zolfagharpour, Farhad; Ziaie, Farhood

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.01.031

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“…To improve the utilization of neutrons emitted from 241 Am-Be sources, the reflection layer and reflection cavity are introduced in the structure of the facility. The [24] showed that adding 4 cm thick polyethylene to the outside of graphite can increase the thermal neutron reflector coefficient by 12%. The four sides of the heavy water moderator and the graphite moderator are surrounded by a reflection layer composed of high-purity graphite and polyethylene.…”

Section: Construction Of Thermal Neutron Facilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Thermal neutron reference radiation facility with high thermalization and large uniformity area

Wang,

Yang,

et al. 2023

Metrologia

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A new thermal neutron facility based on 12 241Am-Be neutron sources has been established at the National Institute of Metrology, China. It has two independent irradiation fields, the Inner field and Outer field, constructed with high-purity graphite and heavy water as moderators, respectively. Three innovative designs, including the reflection cavity, reflection layer, and homogenizing lens, were introduced to improve the performance of the facility. The reflection layer can increase the thermal neutron fluence rate by about 3~4 times, the reflection cavity also enhances thermal fluence by 3~4 times by taking advantage of multiple scattering of neutrons, and the homogenizing lens mounted on the neutron exit surface of the moderator improve the distribution of thermal neutron. The characteristics of the two fields were investigated by Monte Carlo simulations and experimental measurements. The results show that the new facility has high thermalization and large uniformity area with these innovative designs. For the Inner field, the thermal neutron fluence rate at the reference position is (21433.3 ± 407.2) cm−2∙s−1, the cadmium ratio is 20.6, the nonuniformity is 0.1% over the 40 cm × 40 cm region. For the Outer field, the thermal fluence rate at the reference position is (2046.0 ± 49.1) cm−2∙s−1, the cadmium ratio is 1433, and the nonuniformity is 0.7% in the 70 cm × 70 cm region. The facility is expected to be suitable for the large-size detector, and its excellent performance is attractive for various thermal neutron experiments.

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Section: Construction Of Thermal Neutron Facilitymentioning

confidence: 99%