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- Title
New PTB thermal neutron calibration facility: first results.
- Authors
Luszik-Bhadra, M.; Reginatto, M.; Wershofen, H.; Wiegel, B.; Zimbal, A.
- Abstract
A new thermal neutron calibration facility based on a moderator assembly has been set up at PTB. It consists of 16 241Am-Be radionuclide sources mounted in a graphite block, 1.5 m wide, 1.5 m high and 1.8 m deep. The sources are distributed to eight different positions, at a mean distance of ∼1.25 m from the front face of the moderator. The neutron field at the reference position, 30 cm in front of the moderator device and 75 cm above the floor, has been characterised using calculations, Bonner sphere measurements and gold foil activation. First results are shown. The field is highly thermalised: 99 % in terms of fluence. It is quite homogenous within a 20 cm×20 cm area, but the absolute value of the thermal neutron fluence rate is small and yields an ambient dose equivalent rate of 3 µSv h−1.
- Subjects
THERMAL neutrons; NUCLEAR facility design &; construction; RADIOISOTOPES; BONNER sphere spectrometers; GOLD foil
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2014, Vol 161, Issue 1-4, p352
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/nct354