scholarly journals Determination of the response function for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant criticality accident alarm system neutron detectors

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.W. Jr. Tayloe ◽  
A.S. Brown ◽  
M.C. Dobelbower ◽  
J.E. Woollard
Keyword(s):  
Response Function ◽  
Alarm System ◽  
Neutron Detectors ◽  
Gaseous Diffusion ◽  
Criticality Accident

Development of Criticality Accident Alarm System to Ensure Safe Retrieval of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Lepse Floating Maintenance Base

ANRI ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
A. Lachugin ◽  
M. Kocherygin ◽  
A. Gayazov ◽  
Yury Martynyuk ◽  
A. Vasil'ev
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Alarm System ◽  
Criticality Accident ◽  
Hazardous Area ◽  
Key Features

The paper presents basic results of development of a criticality accident alarm system to ensure safe retrieval of the spent nuclear fuel from the Lepse Floating Maintenance Base. The key features and engineering aspects of the system design are described. Locations of criticality detector units and selected alarm level settings are justified, hazardous area boundaries were identified, and parameters to identify inadequately protected zones were calculated. The SRKS-01D criticality accident alarm system by SPC “Doza” was selected as base equipment. The system was commissioned in 2019 and has been successfully operated for more than 6 months.

Energy Calibration of Scintillator Detectors in Different Neutron Diagnostic System on Tokamak

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Cui
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Response Function ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Energy Calibration ◽  
Tokamak Plasma ◽  
Magnetic Shielding ◽  
Semiconductor Detectors ◽  
Calibration Data ◽  
Neutron Detectors ◽  
Scintillator Detectors

The purpose of tokamak plasma diagnostics is to provide the necessary parameters for device protection, operation, and maintenance. It can also supply parameters for fusion physics research. As one of the main ways to diagnose nuclear fusion plasma, neutron diagnosis focuses on the detection of neutrons, produced by the D-D and D-T fusion reactions, to obtain the physical information of internal plasma. Neutron measurements are widely performed on tokamak to provide the essential information on the neutron yield rate of the plasma that is related to fusion power. Since neutron has no electric charge, neutron can’t be ionized directly by the interaction of electrons in the detection material. The interactions between neutron and nuclei, such as nuclear reaction and nuclear recoil, are used to detect neutrons. According to the front sensitive materials, neutron detectors can be divided into gas detectors, scintillator detectors, semiconductor detectors, ionization chambers and so on. Since the magnetic field surrounding Tokamak can have a magnificent influence on the performance of photo-electronic multiplier tubes (PMTs), it is necessary to employ magnetic shielding in designing detectors, thus guaranteeing the proper operation of detectors within a strong magnetic field. Although the PMTs are equipped with magnetic shielding materials by manufacturers, they can only resist the influence of geomagnetic field. Besides the magnetic shielding and neutron/gamma shielding, neutron detectors should be calibrated before used on the tokamak. Nine similar detectors were assembled and calibrated in this paper. The basic idea of processing calibration data is that we should adjust the resolution and the light response function in order to make experiment spectrum and simulation spectrum fit on the recoil proton edge. A special explication is given to the data processing of neutron calibration, followed by an analysis of its resulting light response function and by comparison with PTB’s results.

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