NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 12, 120201(2024)

Scheme design for neutron beam shaping assembly based on D-Be compact fast neutron source

Jia WANG1,2, Zixiong ZHANG1,2, Kaixuan LI1,2, Yangxuan PAN1,2, Qianglin WEI1,2, and Yibao LIU1,2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1(Engineering Research Center of Nuclear Technology Application, Ministry of Education (East China University of Technology), Nanchang 330013, China)
  • 2School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
  • 3Engineering Technology Research Center of Nuclear Radiation Detection and Application, Nanchang 330013, China
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    Figures & Tables(15)
    Neutron energy spectrum before and after passing through the support-body and cooling-body (color online)
    Basis BSA model (color online)
    Relationship between the variation of Φepi/Φfast with thickness under different combinations of slowing layers (color online)
    Relationship between the variation of Φepi with thickness under different combinations of slowing layers (color online)
    Relationship between the variation of Φfast/Φtotal with thickness under different combinations of slowing layers (color online)
    Energy spectrum of neutron beam after passing through a combination of two slowing layers (color online)
    Relationship between the variation of Φepi/Φfast with thickness under lead and bismuth (color online)
    Relationship between the variation of Φepi with thickness under lead and bismuth (color online)
    Relationship between the variation of Φepi/Φfast with thickness under different slowing layers (color online)
    Relationship between the variation of Φepi with thickness under different slowing layers (color online)
    Relationship between the variation of Φepi/Φth with thickness under different thermal neutron absorption layers (color online)
    Epithermal neutron beam energy spectrum after moderation
    • Table 1. Threshold energy associated to each of the accessible states of 10B

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      Table 1. Threshold energy associated to each of the accessible states of 10B

      能级

      Energy

      level

      能级能量

      Energy level energy / keV

      阈值能量

      Threshold energy / keV

      基态Base
      1718.380
      21 740.05
      32 154.27
      43 587.13
      54 774.0504.9
      65 110.3916.4
      75 163.9982.0
      85 180.01 004.2
    • Table 2. Targeted values of therapeutic neutron beam recommended by IAEA

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      Table 2. Targeted values of therapeutic neutron beam recommended by IAEA

      BNCT端口参数

      BNCT port parameters

      建议值

      Recommended values

      Φepi / n·cm-2·s-1~109
      D˙fast/Φepi / Gy·cm2<2×10-13
      D˙γ/Φepi / Gy·cm2<2×10-13
      Φepi/Φfast>20
      Φepi/Φth>20
      J/Φ~0.7

      快中子能区 E / eV

      Fast energy group

      E>10 000

      超热中子能区 E / eV

      Epithermal energy group

      0.5<E<10 000

      热中子能区 E / eV

      Thermal energy group

      E<0.5
    • Table 3. Comparison between the values of neutron beam parameters at the final BSA outlet and other design schemes

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      Table 3. Comparison between the values of neutron beam parameters at the final BSA outlet and other design schemes

      BNCT端口参数

      BNCT port parameters

      Φepi

      / 109 n·cm-2·s-1

      Φepi/ΦfastΦepi/Φth

      D˙fast/Φepi

      / 10-13 Gy·cm2

      D˙γ/Φepi

      / 10-13 Gy·cm2

      J/Φ

      建议值

      Recommended value

      ~1>20>20<2<2~0.7
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    Jia WANG, Zixiong ZHANG, Kaixuan LI, Yangxuan PAN, Qianglin WEI, Yibao LIU. Scheme design for neutron beam shaping assembly based on D-Be compact fast neutron source[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(12): 120201

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    Category: ACCELERATOR, RAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

    Received: Jun. 6, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 15, 2025

    The Author Email: LIU Yibao (LIUYibao)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.120201

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