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Analysis on the effect of high energy neutron source in ADS neutronics calculation

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

The ADS system is driven by a neutron source from proton introduced spallation reaction. Part of the neutron source has energy as high as several hundred MeV to 1GeV. The effects of high energy incident neutron are usually neglected by energy cut-off in the core calculation. To evaluate the effects brought by high energy neutron into subcritical core, two models were established aiming to cover the features of current experimental facilities and industrial-scale ADS system in the future. The effect of incident neutron is decomposed into several energy intervals. The spectrum of neutron source was analyzed. The effects on neutron source efficiency and energy cut-off treatment were evaluated. It was shown that the high energy neutron is of small fraction plays an important role in the ADS system. The contribution of high energy neutron to the neutron source efficiency is over 20% for both low-energy and high-energy injected proton beam. The direct cut-off at 20MeV significantly underestimates the neutron source efficiency. For better evaluation of ADS, the cut-off energy should be raised corresponding to different injected proton beam.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhysics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016
Subtitle of host publicationUnifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century
PublisherAmerican Nuclear Society
Pages1383-1391
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781510825734
StatePublished - 2016
EventPhysics of Reactors 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, PHYSOR 2016 - Sun Valley, United States
Duration: 1 May 20165 May 2016

Publication series

NamePhysics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century
Volume2

Conference

ConferencePhysics of Reactors 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, PHYSOR 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySun Valley
Period1/05/165/05/16

Keywords

  • Ads
  • Neutron source efficiency
  • Spallation neutron source

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