Attenuation of Neutron and Gamma Radiation by a Composite Material Based on Modified Titanium Hydride with a Varied Boron Content

作者：Yastrebinskii R N^*

来源：Russian Physics Journal, 2018, 60(12): 2164-2168.

DOI：10.1007/s11182-018-1341-6

• titanium hydride
• Portland cement
• boron carbide
• neutron radiation
• gamma radiation
• fast neutrons
• thermal neutrons
• functionals

The investigations on estimating the attenuation of capture gamma radiation by a composite neutron-shielding material based on modified titanium hydride and Portland cement with a varied amount of boron carbide are performed. The results of calculations demonstrate that an introduction of boron into this material enables significantly decreasing the thermal neutron flux density and hence the levels of capture gamma radiation. In particular, after introducing 1- 5 wt.% boron carbide into the material, the thermal neutron flux density on a 10 cm-thick layer is reduced by 11 to 176 factors, and the capture gamma dose rate - from 4 to 9 times, respectively. The difference in the degree of reduction in these functionals is attributed to the presence of capture gamma radiation in the epithermal region of the neutron spectrum.

• 出版日期2018-4