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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 177, 2018
The XXI International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS-2017)
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Article Number | 02003 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Condensed Matter Physics | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817702003 | |
Published online | 18 April 2018 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817702003
Optimization of Shielding- Collimator Parameters for ING-27 Neutron Generator Using MCNP5
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Nuclear and Radiation Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria Egypt
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Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Curie St., 6, 141980 Dubna, Russian Federation
* Corresponding author: Aya_Hamdy_Anwar@yahoo.com
Published online: 18 April 2018
Neutron generators are now used in various fields. They produce only fast neutrons; D-D neutron generator produces 2.45 MeV neutrons and D-T produces 14.1 MeV neutrons. In order to optimize shielding-collimator parameters to achieve higher neutron flux at the investigated sample (The signal) with lower neutron and gamma rays flux at the area of the detectors, design iterations are widely used. This work was applied to ROMASHA setup, TANGRA project, FLNP, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The studied parameters were; (1) shielding-collimator material, (2) Distance between the shielding-collimator assembly first plate and center of the neutron beam, and (3) thickness of collimator sheets. MCNP5 was used to simulate ROMASHA setup after it was validated on the experimental results of irradiation of Carbon-12 sample for one hour to detect its 4.44 MeV characteristic gamma line. The ratio between the signal and total neutron flux that enters each detector was calculated and plotted, concluding that the optimum shielding-collimator assembly is Tungsten of 5 cm thickness for each plate, and a distance of 2.3 cm. Also, the ratio between the signal and total gamma rays flux was calculated and plotted for each detector, leading to the previous conclusion but the distance was 1 cm.
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