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Monte Carlo simulations and experimental results on neutron production in the uranium spallation target QUINTA irradiated with 660 MeV protons

Author
Khushvaktov J. JINR
Adam Jindřich, promovaný fyzik CSc. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Brno University of Technology
Svoboda Josef, Ing. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Brno University of Technology, JINR
Tichý Pavel, Ing. Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU, JINR Dubna
Vespalec Radek, Ing. Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU, JINR Dubna
Vrzalová Jitka, Ing. Ph.D. Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR
Wagner Vladimír, RNDr. CSc. Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR
Závorka Lukáš, Ing. Ph.D. Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU
Zeman Miroslav, Ing. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Brno University of Technology, JINR Dubna
et al.  different institutions

Year
2018

Scientific journal
Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 137, 102–107

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Abstract
The activation experiment was performed using the accelerated beam of Phasotron accelerator at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR). The natural uranium spallation target QUINTA was irradiated with protons with energy 660 MeV. Monte Carlo simulations of neutron production were performed using the Geant4 code. The number of leakage neutrons from the sections of the uranium target surrounded by the lead shielding and the number of leakage neutrons from lead were determined. The total number of fissions in the setup QUINTA was determined. Experimental values of reaction rates for the produced nuclei in the I-127 sample were obtained and several values of reaction rates were compared with the results of simulations. Experimentally determined fluence of neutrons in energy interval 10-175 MeV using the (n,xn) reactions in the I-127(NaI) sample was compared with the results of simulations. Possibility of transmutation of the long-lived radionuclide I-129 in the QUINTA setup was estimated.

Cite article as:
J. Khushvaktov, J. Adam, J. Svoboda, P. Tichý, R. Vespalec, J. Vrzalová, V. Wagner, L. Závorka, M. Zeman, . et al., "Monte Carlo simulations and experimental results on neutron production in the uranium spallation target QUINTA irradiated with 660 MeV protons", Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 137, 102–107 (2018)