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Transmission and capture cross section measurements by the time-of-flight technique for validation of pile-oscillation experiments in the MINERVE reactor
ID Šalamon, Lino (Author), ID Snoj, Luka (Mentor) More about this mentor... This link opens in a new window

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Abstract
This work presents the feasibility study of transmission measurements with the MINERVE samples at the time-of-flight facility GELINA (EC-JRC Geel, Belgium) for characterization of samples with the Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA). This method was used to explain the differences between calculated and experimental reactivity worth values for several nuclides from the MINERVE experimental programs (MINERVE reactor, CEA Cadarache, France). The main idea was to define procedures to analyze results of transmission measurements using cylindrical samples which do not fulfil the ideal transmission geometry. Capability of extracting reliable results was demonstrated on the example of MINERVE samples enriched in silver. In addition, transmission and capture measurements with standard discs of natural silver were performed to improve the resonance parameters for $^{107}$Ag and $^{109}$Ag below 1 keV. Improved silver parameters were then used for verification of the MINERVE composition. A good agreement between NRTA results and sample composition given by chemical analysis was obtained for the major nuclides ($^{238}$U, $^{107}$Ag and $^{109}$Ag). In addition, contamination with tungsten, not reported before, was discovered. Presence of tungsten highly contributes to integral calculations and has to be included in calculations. The main steps in this work are performance of the experiments, the data reduction of measured count rate spectra to produce final transmission and capture yield spectra and the spectra analysis with the resonance shape analysis code REFIT. An analytical model, validated with the Monte-Carlo simulations, was developed to account for MINERVE geometry.

Language:English
Keywords:neutron induced reactions, time-of-flight, transmission, capture yield, Reich-Moore analysis, silver isotopes
Work type:Doctoral dissertation
Typology:2.08 - Doctoral Dissertation
Organization:FMF - Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Year:2019
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-108292 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:3306852 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:26.06.2019
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Meritve presekov prepustnosti in zajetja nevtronov z metodo časa preleta nevtrona za validacijo oscilacijskih poskusov v reaktorju MINERVE
Abstract:
V tem delu sem izvedel meritve prepustnosti skozi vzorce MINERVE z metodo časa preleta nevtrona na napravi GELINA (EC-JRC Geel, Belgija). Takšne meritve so osnova za karakterizacijo sestave vzorev z nedestruktivno metodo NRTA. NRTA sem uporabil, da bi razložil razlike med izračunanimi in izmerjenemi vrednostmi reaktivnosti za nuklide v vzorcih MINERVE, s katerimi so v preteklosti izvedli integralne meritve na reaktorju MINERVE (CEA Cadarache, Francija). Ker vzorci MINERVE zaradi geometrije (valjasti vzorci) v osnovi niso primerni za meritve prepustnosti na napravi GELINA, sem izvedel študijo izvedljivosti meritev in analize rezultatov na primeru vzorcev MINERVE, ki so obogateni s srebrom. Poleg tega sem izvedel meritve prepustnosti in pridelka za zajetje nevtronov z standardnimi vzorci (diski) iz naravnega srebra, s pomočjo katerih sem izboljšal resonančne parametre $^{107}$Ag in $^{109}$Ag v energijskem območju pod 1 keV. Te parametre sem nato uporabil pri preverjanju sestave vzorcev MINERVE. Za najpomembnejše nuklide v vzorcih ($^{238}$U, $^{107}$Ag in $^{109}$Ag) se rezultati NRTA dobro ujemajo z rezultati kemijske analize. S pomočjo NRTA sem odkril tudi, da so vzorci onesnaženi z volframom. Izkaže se, da ima volfram velik vpliv na integralne rezultate in ga je potrebno pri izračunih upoštevati. Glavni koraki v tem delu obsegajo izvedbo samih meritev, analizo meritev ter resonančno analizo meritev s programom REFIT. Za program REFIT sem razvil model za analizo valjastih vzorcev MINERVE ter ga validiral z Monte-Carlo simulacijami.

Keywords:reakcije z nevtroni, metoda časa preleta, prepustnost, pridelek za zajetje nevtronov, analiza Reich-Moore, izotopi srebra

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