Accuracy of reaction rates in the accelerator-driven system with 14 MeV neutrons at the Kyoto University Critical Assembly

作者：Pyeon Cheol Ho^*; Takemoto Yuki; Yagi Takahiro; Lim Jae Yong; Takahashi Yoshiyuki; Misawa Tsuyoshi

来源：Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2012, 40(1): 229-236.

DOI：10.1016/j.anucene.2011.10.011

• ADS
• KUCA
• 14 MeV neutrons

Reaction rate experiments on the accelerator-driven system (ADS) are conducted by combining a critical assembly of a solid-moderated and -reflected core with a pulsed neutron generator. Neutrons (14 MeV) generated from the accelerator are injected into a subcritical system and the reaction rates are measured by the foil activation method to obtain neutronic spectrum data. The numerical calculations are executed by MCNPX with ENDF/B-VI.8, JENDL-3.3 and JENDL/D-99 libraries to evaluate the reaction rates of activation foils set in the center of the core. For the ADS experiments with 14 MeV neutrons, the C/E values between the experiments and the calculations are found to be well within the relative difference of about 30% in all foils up to subcriticality 1.05%Delta k/k. The reaction rates do not depend on the subcriticality level in cases of In-115, Fe-56 (purity 99.99%), Al-27, whereas subcriticality dependence is observed in Nb-93. In the critical experiments carried out in the A. B and C cores, special mention should be made of the remarkable effect of the composition rate of Fe-56 material. Thus a remarkable improvement is observed in the accuracy of experimental and numerical reaction rates, demonstrating the importance of material impurity for subcritical experiments.

• 出版日期2012-2