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- Title
DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING OF A SIMPLIFIED BONNER SPHERE SYSTEM FOR RAPID NEUTRON FIELD CHARACTERIZATION.
- Authors
Hoey, Olivier Van; Vanhavere, Filip; Verbraeken, Lise
- Abstract
Personal neutron dosimetry requires workplace specific correction factors from detailed neutron field characterization. A Bonner sphere system (BSS) with a 3He proportional counter and a 3 inch an a 9 inch sphere was developed at SCK·CEN for rapid neutron field characterization. The BSS energy and angular responses were simulated with MCNPX and validated by irradiations with a thermal neutron beam at the Belgian Reactor 1 (BR1) and 252Cf and Am–Be sources at the SCK·CEN Laboratory for Nuclear Calibration (LNK). The BSS unfolding performance was tested using the FRUIT unfolding code for measurements of the scattered neutron field at the LNK. The unfolded spectra were in good agreement with MCNPX simulations.
- Subjects
BONNER sphere spectrometers; NEUTRONS; RADIATION dosimetry; HELIUM isotopes; NUCLEAR energy; NEUTRON generators
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2018, Vol 180, Issue 1-4, p85
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncx224