PMID: 11605797Oct 19, 2001Paper

Characterisation of laboratory-produced CANDU-like workplace neutron fields

Radiation Protection Dosimetry
J C Nunes, R T Faught

Abstract

Two neutron fields were produced in the Neutron Irradiation Facility (NIF) at the Chalk River Laboratories of the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. by directing (d,D) neutrons from a 150 kV neutron generator through a specially designed moderator assembly. Bonner sphere and proton recoil spectrometry systems were used to characterise these fields to determine whether they were CANDU-like*, i.e. whether they resembled neutron fields found in workplaces around pressurised heavy-water moderated power reactors such as CANDU reactors. Similarities were found between the distributions in energy of neutron fluence and ambient dose equivalent of the neutron fields produced in the NIF and those measured previously in power plants. In addition, there was agreement between theoretical (Monte Carlo) data and measured data, thereby validating continued use of Monte Carlo modelling for field characterisations in the NIF. The CANDU-like fields add to the repertoire of neutron fields available in the NIF and are expected to be useful for evaluating neutron dosemeters.

Citations

Feb 17, 2005·Radiation Protection Dosimetry·J C Nunes, R A Surette

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