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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.85.2006.tde-14052012-110606
Document
Author
Full name
Fernando Prat Gonçalves Martins
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2006
Supervisor
Committee
Bitelli, Ulysses D'Utra (President)
Silva, Aucyone Augusto da
Vieira, Wilson Jose
Title in Portuguese
Medida do espectro de energia dos nêutrons no núcleo do Reator IPEN/MB-01
Keywords in Portuguese
ativação
espectro de nêutrons
núcleo do reator
Abstract in Portuguese
Este trabalho apresenta a medida do espectro de energia dos nêutrons no núcleo do Reator IPEN/MB-01. Para tal, foram inseridos detectores de ativação na forma de diminutas folhas metálicas no núcleo do reator, na região moderadora, utilizando um dispositivo articulado que permite que as folhas fiquem posicionadas na posição central do núcleo do reator, garantindo que todas as folhas sejam irradiadas na mesma posição. Os detectores de ativação foram selecionados de forma a cobrir grande parte do espectro de energia dos nêutrons no Reator, para tanto foram utilizadas folhas de Au197, Mg24, Ti48, In115, Sc45 entre outras. Após a irradiação os detectores de ativação foram submetidos a espectrometria gama num sistema de contagem de Germânio hiper-puro, o que possibilitou a obtenção da atividade de saturação por núcleo alvo, um dos principais dados de entrada do código computacional de desdobramento de espectro unfolding SANDBP, que através de um processo iterativo, ajusta o espectro que melhor se adequa ao conjunto de dados de entrada do código, composto principalmente pelas taxas de reação por núcleo alvo obtidas experimentalmente e um espectro inicial de entrada, neste caso obtido à nível celular pelo código Hammer-Technion para a célula representativa do núcleo do Reator, fornecendo assim a solução do espectro.
Title in English
Measurements of the neutron energy spectra in the core of IPEN/MB-01 reactor
Keywords in English
activation detectors
gamma spectroscopy
H codes
high-purity detectors
IPEN-MB-1 reactor
neutron spectra
reactor cores
Abstract in English
This work presents the neutron spectrum measurements in the Reactor IPEN/MB- 01 using very thin activation detectors in the metallic form, in reactor core, in moderator region. An articulated device allows that the foils are inserted in the central position of reactor core, ensuring that all the foils are irradiated in the same position. The activation detectors of different materials such Au197, Mg24, Ti48, In115, Sc45 and others, were selected to cover a large range of neutron spectrum. After the irradiation, the activation detectors were submitted to a spectrometry gamma by using a system of counting with high purity Germanium, to obtain the saturation activity per target nuclide. The saturation activity is one of the main data of input of unfolding code SANDBP, that through an iterative adjustment, modify the spectrum that better agree with the dataset of code input, composition mainly for measure reaction rate per target nuclide and a initial input spectrum, calculated for Hammer-Technion code, supplying a solution spectrum.
 
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2012-05-30
 
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