D-T快中子照相准直屏蔽体设计及中子束特性的模拟研究

设计一个用于氘氚(D-T)快中子照相的准直屏蔽体系统,对D-T中子发生器快中子在准直屏蔽体材料中输运的MCNP模拟研究,给出准直中子束的中子能谱、注量率及均匀性、γ射线能谱和γ射线注量率等重要参数.模拟结果显示,用D-T中子发生器中子源和合理的准直屏蔽体系统可得到快中子照相所需的准直快中子束.     

9Be(d,n)加速器中子源中子照相的研究

加速器中子源比反应堆中子源更具灵活性,北京大学正在发展基于RFQ加速器的小型中子照相装置.为了更好地设计和优化此装置,实现高品质的中子照相,我们在北京大学4.5 MV静电加速器上建立了中子照相实验平台,包括科学级制冷、高灵敏度、低噪声的CCD数字成像系统,模拟基于厚铍靶9Be(d,n)反应RFQ中子源的条件,并利用此系统开展中子成像技术的研究.实验在像平面热中子注量率为5×103 cm-2·s-1或快中子注量率为3.7×104 cm-2·s-1的情况下获得了一定质量的热中子及快中子照片.当利用RFQ直线加速器强中子源时将可获得更高质量的图片,从而可以满足大多数的应用需要.     

小型源热中子照相装置准直慢化系统设计

小型中子源中子照相技术具有便携性强,应用范围广的优点,在检测一些较大或难以移动的样品时较固定式(反应堆中子源)中子照相系统具有优势.采用MCNP软件对一小型中子源中子照相装置的热中子准直屏蔽系统进行了理论设计,确定中子慢化体由238U和聚乙烯构成,辅以石墨反射层和硼聚乙烯吸收层,经优化计算,预计成像处热注量率达104 ...     

241Am-Be中子源快中子成像研究

中子成像是一种与X射线成像互补的无伤探测技术。快中子比热中子等低能中子具有更强的穿透力而适合更厚材料的检测。但是快中子难于探测使得快中子成像研究直到最近几年才受到人们的重视。同位素和加速器中子源适合发展可移动中子成像无伤检测系统，而且同位素中子源还有发展便携式无伤探测系统的潜能。本文介绍作者利用同位素中子源241Am-Be开展快中子成像研究的初步结果。     

14 MeV快中子照相准直屏蔽系统的设计与优化

基于强流氘氚中子源科学装置HINEG设计了一套快中子照相准直屏蔽系统。采用中子输运设计与安全评价软件系统SuperMC和ENDF/B-Ⅶ.0数据库计算了准直中子束的中子能谱及注量率、γ射线能谱及注量率、直射中子注量率与γ射线注量率比值(φ_d/φ_γ)、直射与散射中子注量率比值(φ_d/φ_s)、准直束中子注量率的不均匀度等特性参数,并采用MCNP5程序进行了对比验证。研究了准直屏蔽系统的内衬材料、尺寸等对特性参数的影响规律,并通过优化获取了最优设计方案。计算结果显示,在同等计算条件下,SuperMC计算结果与MCNP计算结果相对偏差小于1%,准直屏蔽系统的φ_d/φ_γ为50.1,φ_d/φ_s为5.7,在?30 cm视野范围内的中子注量率为4.80×10~7 cm~(-2)·s~(-1),其中直射中子注量率为4.09×10~7 cm~(-2)·s~(-1),中子注量率不均匀度为5.8%,满足快中子照相对准直束特性参数的要求。     

14 MeV快中子照相用光纤转换屏研究

快中子照相技术因其超强的样品透视能力而成为射线无损检测技术近年来研究的热点,转换屏是中子照相装置的关键部件。光纤转换屏是一种新型的快中子照相转换屏,较大程度兼顾了光纤阵列的高探测效率和荧光屏的高成像质量,具有很好的应用前景。本文以D-T加速器为中子源,用ZnS和环氧树脂以及光纤研制了快中子照相光纤转换屏,耦合科学级CCD数字成像系统,进行了快中子数字照相技术研究,获取了不同光纤排列方式的光纤转换屏积分曝光图像,同时测量了快中子荧光屏和塑料闪烁体等其他快中子照相用转换屏的发光效率,实验结果表明,光纤转换屏的发光效率高于其他类型转换屏的。     

14 MeV快中子照相用光纤转换屏研究

快中子照相技术因其超强的样品透视能力而成为射线无损检测技术近年来研究的热点,转换屏是中子照相装置的关键部件。光纤转换屏是一种新型的快中子照相转换屏,较大程度兼顾了光纤阵列的高探测效率和荧光屏的高成像质量,具有很好的应用前景。本文以D-T加速器为中子源,用ZnS和环氧树脂以及光纤研制了快中子照相光纤转换屏,耦合科学级CCD数字成像系统,进行了快中子数字照相技术研究,获取了不同光纤排列方式的光纤转换屏积分曝光图像,同时测量了快中子荧光屏和塑料闪烁体等其他快中子照相用转换屏的发光效率,实验结果表明,光纤转换屏的发光效率高于其他类型转换屏的。     

快中子照相的实验研究

快中子照相是一种优良的无损检测技术,它有着X射线、热中子照相等所不具有的独特优势。本文介绍了作者分别采用^241Am-Be同位素中子源和中子发生器进行的快中子照相研究,并利用自制的Gd2O2S：Tb快中子转换发光屏进行探测,成功实现照相。     

加速器热中子照相装置CCD芯片屏蔽的模拟计算

建立了研究加速器中子源热中子照相装置CCD芯片屏蔽效果的蒙特卡罗模拟方法,对γ与中子吸收剂量率的模拟计算结果与实验相符.进行了基于9Be(d,n)反应的热中子照相装置屏蔽系统的优化设计,在复杂几何条件下用蒙特卡罗模拟分别计算了CCD芯片在中子、γ混合场中的吸收剂量率和快中子注量率,对CCD相机在辐射场中安全性能进行了评估.     

14 MeV快中子照相准直屏蔽系统的设计与优化

基于强流氘氚中子源科学装置HINEG设计了一套快中子照相准直屏蔽系统。采用中子输运设计与安全评价软件系统SuperMC和ENDF/B-Ⅶ.0数据库计算了准直中子束的中子能谱及注量率、γ射线能谱及注量率、直射中子注量率与γ射线注量率比值（φ_d/φ_γ）、直射与散射中子注量率比值（φ_d/φ_s）、准直束中子注量率的不均匀度等特性参数,并采用MCNP5程序进行了对比验证。研究了准直屏蔽系统的内衬材料、尺寸等对特性参数的影响规律,并通过优化获取了最优设计方案。计算结果显示,在同等计算条件下,SuperMC计算结果与MCNP计算结果相对偏差小于1%,准直屏蔽系统的φ_d/φ_γ为50.1,φ_d/φ_s为5.7,在Φ30 cm视野范围内的中子注量率为4.80×10⁷ cm^-2•s^-1,其中直射中子注量率为4.09×10⁷ cm^-2•s^-1,中子注量率不均匀度为5.8%,满足快中子照相对准直束特性参数的要求。     

Effects of neutron spectrum and external neutron source on neutron multiplication parameters in accelerator-driven system

The neutron multiplication parameters: neutron multiplication M, subcritical multiplication factor k_s, external source efficiency φ^*, play an important role for numerical assessment and reactor power evaluation of an accelerator-driven system (ADS). Those parameters can be evaluated by using the measured reaction rate distribution in the subcritical system. In this study, the experimental verification of this methodology is performed in various ADS cores; with high-energy (100 MeV) proton–tungsten source in hard and soft neutron spectra cores and 14 MeV D–T neutron source in soft spectrum core. The comparison between measured and calculated multiplication parameters reveals a maximum relative difference in the range of 6.6–13.7% that is attributed to the calculation nuclear libraries uncertainty and accuracy for energies higher than 20 MeV and also dependent on the reaction rate distribution position and count rates. The effects of different core neutron spectra and external neutron sources on the neutron multiplication parameters are discussed.     

Supermirror neutron guide system for neutron resonance spin echo spectrometers at a pulsed neutron source

A neutron guide system for neutron resonance spin echo spectrometers has been constructed at BL06 of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility. The spectrometers consist of two types of neutron spin echo instruments, a modulated intensity by zero effort instrument (MIEZE) and a neutron resonance spin echo instrument (NRSE), to cover a wide energy range for various sample environments. A neutron beam from the moderator is deflected by supermirror neutron guides, split, and separately guided into the MIEZE and NRSE. The characteristic wavelengths of the neutron guide tube for the MIEZE and NRSE are 2.9 and 4.9 Å, respectively. The cross sections of the exit of the MIEZE and NRSE guides are 15 mm × 50 mm and 30 mm × 50 mm, respectively. The neutronics and shielding design were optimized by using the heavy ion transport code system (PHITS), and the absolute average neutron fluxes at the exits of the MIEZE and NRSE guides are estimated to be 2.7 × 10⁸ and 6.9 × 10⁸ n/cm²/s/MW, respectively. The measured fluxes of the MIEZE and NRSE neutron guides are 0.56 and 0.95 times the calculated values, respectively.     

基于球谱仪的中子剂量率仪设计

研制了一套基于球谱仪的中子剂量率仪。采用单个慢化球及位置灵敏计数器的探测结构,通过单次测量即可计算出中子剂量等信息。在基于电荷分配法的读出电路中,通过对电荷灵敏放大器及滤波成型电路的参数进行优化,使探测器系统的平均位置分辨达到6 mm。利用硬件寻峰等数字信号处理技术,使数据获取系统的最高计数率达到200 k·s-1,满足剂量率仪实时性的要求。     

Delayed neutron precursors

Experimental data on delayed neutron precursors are compiled and evaluated. Where available, the following data are listed for each nuclide: half-life, neutron emission probability, total energy available for beta decay, neutron binding energy of the daughter nucleus, major peaks in the neutron spectrum, methods of identification and production. The literature survey ended in December 1972.     

裂变-聚变中子源

为适应聚变堆的发展和处理高放废物的需要,提出裂变-聚变中子源的概念,它是采用LiD组件放在高通量反应堆中或中国先进研究堆(CARR)重水区中,通过慢中子与6Li(n,a)反应产生2.739 MeV氚离子,它与LiD中的D发生聚变反应,产生聚变中子;随着LiD中氚的快速积累,14 MeV 中子产生的D反冲粒子流与氚发生聚变反应,增长聚变中子产额,使 14 MeV 中子注量率逐渐升高.当氚浓度接近0.5×1022时,D反冲粒子流与氚的聚变反应率的产额接近于1,聚变中子将成倍的增长,类似于连锁反应,使聚变中子产额达到饱和,即t时刻产生氚,都被用于产生聚变反应,形成裂变-聚变中子源.这时的通量非常高,必须在接近饱和前对设定的通量(如3.5×1014n/cm2·s)下逐步降低反应堆功率,如降低CARR 中子注量率,使其在设定的通量下达到饱和,适应聚变堆中子注量率的需求.论述了裂变-聚变中子源的原理,聚变中子产生率,氚的积累速率和浓度,D反冲粒子流和与氚的聚变反应速率,以及其影响因素.在均匀中子场下(即不考虑中子降抑的情况下)计算了外径180 mm、内径100 mm的LiD管道中聚变中子注量率.     

Recent neutron sputtering results and the status of neutron sputtering

Extensive (d, t) and (d, Be) fast neutron sputtering results obtained by Batelle-Northwest are summarized for Nb and Au. The measured sputtering ratios are in the range of 10^?5 atoms/fast neutron. These results are compared to other available experimental results and to theoretical estimates. Some implications of fast neutron sputtering for future reactors are summarized.     

Monte Carlo simulation of neutron transport in intense neutron fields

Common Monte Carlo (MC) codes for neutron transport are usually applied to neutron fields of low density under the assumption that the isotopic composition of the structure materials will not be changed in neutron reactions. This assumption is no longer valid in intense neutron fields, where an appreciable number of nuclei of the structural material may get transformed into other isotopes. Due to this time-dependent isotope- transformation; however, neutrons injected later into the system will see a different cross-section profile than the neutrons injected earlier.     

Inelastic neutron scattering and prompt fission neutron spectra for Np

The secondary neutron spectra (inelastic, elastic, fission) for ²³⁷Np were measured by the neutron time of flight spectrometer of the IPPE at the incident energy range 1–2.5 MeV. The solid tritium target was used as a neutron source. The neptunium oxide (189 g) packed in the low mass stainless steel container was used as a scattering sample. The neutron background due to scattering on the target environment and tritium into the target backing was measured and was calculated with the appropriate model of the neutron source. The data were corrected for neutron background, the scattering on the oxygen and iron nuclei, and the effect of the finite sample size. The fission neutron spectra were measured, evaluated and subtracted from the emission neutron spectra to estimate inelastic neutron spectra and cross-sections. The experimental results were compared with ENDF/B-VI, BROND-2, JENDL-3 neutron data libraries.     

能量选择法中子照相技术

能量选择中子照相是近年来新兴的中子照相技术,具有广泛的潜在应用前景。介绍了能量选择中子照相技术的基本原理,比较分析了机械速度选择器法、双晶单色器法、飞行时间法以及超镜和晶体过滤器结合法4种获取单色中子束的方法。介绍了能量选择中子照相技术在增强图像对比度、应力测量、织构分析以及相变过程研究等方面体现的优异特性和应用潜力。