Experimental setup for elemental analysis using prompt gamma rays at research reactor IBR-2

C. Hramco; K. Turlybekuly; S.B. Borzakov; N.A. Gundorin; E.V. Lychagin; G.V. Nehaev; A. Yu Muzychka; A.V. Strelkov; E. Teymurov

Nuclear Engineering and Technology (Aug 2022)

Experimental setup for elemental analysis using prompt gamma rays at research reactor IBR-2

C. Hramco,
K. Turlybekuly,
S.B. Borzakov,
N.A. Gundorin,
E.V. Lychagin,
G.V. Nehaev,
A. Yu Muzychka,
A.V. Strelkov,
E. Teymurov

Affiliations

C. Hramco: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia; Institute of Chemistry of Moldova (ICh,) Academiei str., 3, MD, 2028, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; Corresponding author. Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia.
K. Turlybekuly: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia; L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayev str, 2, 010000, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan; The Institute of Nuclear Physics, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ibragimova str., 1, 050032, Almaty, Kazakhstan
S.B. Borzakov: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia; Dubna State University, Universitetskaya str., 19, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
N.A. Gundorin: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
E.V. Lychagin: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia; Dubna State University, Universitetskaya str., 19, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
G.V. Nehaev: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
A. Yu Muzychka: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
A.V. Strelkov: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
E. Teymurov: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot Currie Str., 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia; National Nuclear Research Centre, Baku-Shamakhi Highway, AZ1073, Qobu Settlement, Azerbaijan; National Nuclear Research University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Highway, 31, 115409, Moscow, Russia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 54, no. 8
pp. 2999 – 3005

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The new experimental setup has been built at the 11b channel of the IBR-2 research reactor at FLNP, JINR, to study the elemental composition of samples by registration of prompt gamma emission during thermal neutron capture. The setup consists of a curved mirror neutron guide and a radiation-resistant HPGe high-purity germanium detector. The detector is surrounded by lead shielding to suppress the natural background gamma level. The sample is placed in a vacuum channel and surrounded by a LiF shield to suppress the gamma background generated by scattered neutrons. This work presents characteristics of the experimental setup. An example of hydrogen concentration determining in a diamond powder made by detonation synthesis is given and on its basis, the sensitivity of the setup is calculated being ∼4 μg.

Published in Nuclear Engineering and Technology

ISSN: 1738-5733 (Print)
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