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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.85.2015.tde-22052015-135739
Document
Author
Full name
Diogo Feliciano dos Santos
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2015
Supervisor
Committee
Bitelli, Ulysses D'Utra (President)
Gonçalez, Odair Lelis
Vieira, Wilson Jose
Title in Portuguese
Caracterização dos campos neutrônicos obtidos por meio de armadilhas de nêutrons a partir da utilização de água pesada (D2O) no interior do núcleo do reator nuclear IPEN/MB-01
Keywords in Portuguese
análise por ativação neutrônica
espectrometria gama
física de reator nuclear
fluxo de nêutrons
taxa de reação nuclear
Abstract in Portuguese
Os experimentos realizados e apresentados nesta dissertação resultaram na caracterização neutrônica de núcleos na configuração cilíndrica com 30 varetas combustíveis de diâmetro com um espaço, criado pela retirada de 16 varetas centrais, preenchido com água leve (H2O) ou água pesada (D2O) no reator nuclear de pesquisa IPEN/MB-01. Nestes núcleos, efetuou-se experimentos de correlação de canais nucleares, calibração de barras de controle e irradiação de detectores de ativação de diversos materiais em forma de folhas, cujas faixas energéticas de atuação abrangem grande parte do espectro de nêutrons do núcleo do reator, para a obtenção de parâmetros nucleares, como excessos de reatividade, reatividades totais, atividades saturadas por núcleo alvo, razões espectrais, razões de cádmio e fluxo de nêutrons multigrupo. Com a irradiação de fios de ativação de ouro na parte radial foram obtidas as formas espaciais dos fluxos de nêutrons térmicos e epitérmicos. Os resultados mostraram as características espectrais dessa nova configuração com o espaço das 16 varetas combustíveis preenchido com os dois materiais moderadores. No espaço com a água leve houve um aumento significativo de 294% do fluxo de nêutrons térmicos em comparação com a configuração padrão retangular de 28×26 varetas combustíveis. Com a água pesada aumentou-se a reatividade do sistema com ρ = (783 ± 54) pcm a mais de excesso de reatividade que na configuração com água leve. Os resultados calculados foram simulados nos códigos computacionais MCNP5, SANDBP e CITATION, onde se obtiveram resultados acurados e precisos para as atividades saturadas por núcleo alvo, as distribuições energéticas e espaciais dos fluxos de nêutrons da parte ativa e de parte do refletor e as comparações diretas das seções de choque entre as razões espectrais experimentais e calculadas.
Title in English
Characterization of the neutronic fields obtained by means of flux traps from heavy water (D2O) inside the core of the IPEN/MB-01 nuclear reactor
Keywords in English
gamma spectrometry
neutron activation analysis
neutron flux
nuclear reaction rate
nuclear reactor physics
Abstract in English
The experiments performed and presented in this thesis results in the neutronic characterization of the core with cylindrical configuration with 30 fuel rods diameter and a space, created by the removal of 16 central rods, filled with light water (H2O) or heavy water (D2O) in the IPEN/MB-01 nuclear research reactor. In these cores were performed experiments of nuclear channels correlation, control rod worth and irradiation of activation detectors of various materials in foils shapes, whose energy performances cover much of the reactor core neutron spectrum, to obtain nuclear parameters, such as, reactivity excesses, total reactivities, saturated activities per target nucleus, spectral ratios, cadmium ratios and multigroup neutron flux. Activation gold wires detectors were irradiated in radial part to obtain the spatial forms of thermal and epithermal neutron fluxes. The results show the spectral characteristics of this new configuration with the space of 16 fuel rods filled with the two moderator materials. In the space with light water there was a significant increase of 294% of the thermal neutron flux compared to standard rectangular configuration of 28×26 fuel rods. With heavy water the system reactivity was increased, more ρ = (783 ± 54) pcm in excess reactivity than in the light water configuration. The calculated results were simulated in computational codes MCNP5, SANDBP and CITATION, where accurate and precise results were obtained for saturated activities per target nucleus, the energy and spatial distributions of the neutron fluxes for the active part and part of the reflector and the direct comparisons of cross sections between the experimental and calculated spectral ratios.
 
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2015-06-11
 
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