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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 146, 2017
ND 2016: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology
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| Article Number | 03003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Experimental Facilities, Equipment, Techniques and Methods | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714603003 | |
| Published online | 13 September 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714603003
The neutrons for science facility at SPIRAL-2
1 GANIL, CEA/DRF - CNRS/IN2P3, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP. 55027, 14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
2 Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
3 CEA/DAM/DIF, 91297 Arpajon, France
4 CENBG, Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS/IN2P3, UMR 5797, Chemin du Solarium, BP. 120, 33175 Gradignan, France
5 LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14050 Caen Cedex, France
6 Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
7 NPI, Řež, Czech Republic
8 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
9 KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
10 NIPNE, Bucharest, Romania
11 EC-JRC Geel, Retieseweg 111, 2440, Belgium
12 CEA/DEN, Cadarache, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
13 IPNO, CNRS-IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
14 CIMAP, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP. 5133, 14070 Caen Cedex 5, France
15 ELI-NP, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
16 Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK
a e-mail: xavier.ledoux@ganil.fr
Published online: 13 September 2017
Numerous domains, in fundamental research as well as in applications, require the study of reactions induced by neutrons with energies from few MeV up to few tens of MeV. Reliable measurements also are necessary to improve the evaluated databases used by nuclear transport codes. This energy range covers a large number of topics like transmutation of nuclear waste, design of future fission and fusion reactors, nuclear medicine or test and development of new detectors. A new facility called Neutrons For Science (NFS) is being built for this purpose on the GANIL site at Caen (France). NFS is composed of a pulsed neutron beam for time-of-flight facility as well as irradiation stations for cross-section measurements. Neutrons will be produced by the interaction of deuteron and proton beams, delivered by the SPIRAL-2 linear accelerator, with thick or thin converters made of beryllium or lithium. Continuous and quasi-mono-energetic spectra will be available at NFS up to 40 MeV. In this fast energy region, the neutron flux is expected to be up to 2 orders of magnitude higher than at other existing time-of-flight facilities. In addition, irradiation stations for neutron-, proton- and deuteron-induced reactions will allow performing cross-section measurements by the activation technique. After a description of the facility and its characteristics, the experiments to be performed in the short and medium term will be presented.
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