A facility for fast-neutron irradiations at Jyväskylä and its use for nuclide cross-section measurements in fission - IN2P3 - Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules
Article Dans Une Revue Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Année : 2013

A facility for fast-neutron irradiations at Jyväskylä and its use for nuclide cross-section measurements in fission

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An efficient and reliable transport system for fast-neutron irradiations has been built at the Physics Department, Jyväskylä, Finland. It is constructed from commercial bicycle components and is driven by a computer-controlled stepping motor. It can be operated in single or cyclic mode. The neutron irradiated targets are moved within 1.2 seconds (full stop to full stop) to a well-shielded position 3 meters away where they can be removed or directly investigated by γ spectroscopy. The system has been built with the aim to experimentally verify the calculated production rates of neutron-rich nuclei in the SPIRAL2 uranium target. However, the facility can be used for various kinds of fast-neutron irradiations, with a neutron spectrum up to 60 MeV produced by stopping a deuteron beam of several μA in a thick target. Examples of applications are activation and integral cross-section measurements, evaluation of damages in materials and biological cells.

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in2p3-00738344 , version 1 (04-10-2012)

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G. Lhersonneau, T. Malkiewicz, P. Jones, P. Karvonen, S. Ketelhut, et al.. A facility for fast-neutron irradiations at Jyväskylä and its use for nuclide cross-section measurements in fission. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2013, 698, pp.224-233. ⟨10.1016/j.nima.2012.09.051⟩. ⟨in2p3-00738344⟩
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