| Title |
Geant4 Simulations of Proton-induced Spallation for Applications in ADSR Systems |
| Authors |
- S.C. Lee
IIAA, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
- C. Bungau, R. Cywinski
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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| Abstract |
Neutron spallation is an efficient process for producing intense neutron fluxes that can be exploited in Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors (ADSRs) for energy production and the transmutation of nuclear waste. In order to assess the feasibility of spallation driven fission and transmutation we have simulated proton induced neutron production using GEANT4, initially benchmarking our simulations against published experimental neutron spectra produced from a thick lead target bombarded with 0.5 and 1.5 GeV protons. The Bertini and INCL models available in GEANT4, coupled with the high precision (HP) neutron model, are found to adequately reproduce the published experimental data. Given the confidence in the GEANT4 simulations provided by this benchmarking we have then proceeded to simulate neutron production as a function of target geometry and thence to some preliminary studies of neutron production in an ADSR with a geometry similar to that of the proposed Belgian MYRRHA project. This paper presents the results of our GEANT4 benchmarking and simulations.
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| Conference |
IPAC2016, Busan, Korea |
| Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (7th) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full IPAC2016 Proccedings |
| Session |
Poster Session |
| Date |
10-May-16 16:00–18:00 |
| Main Classification |
08 Applications of Accelerators |
| Sub Classification |
U03 Transmutation and Energy Production |
| Keywords |
neutron, proton, target, simulation, experiment |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Dong Eon Kim (PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea); Kyung Sook Kim (PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea); In Soo Ko (POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of Korea); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-147-2 |
| Published |
June 2016 |
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