Benchmarks of subcriticality in accelerator-driven system at Kyoto University Critical Assembly

Cheol Ho Pyeon; Masao Yamanaka; Song-Hyun Kim; Thanh-Mai Vu; Tomohiro Endo; Willem Fredrik G. Van Rooijen; Go Chiba

doi:10.1016/j.net.2017.06.012

Nuclear Engineering and Technology (Sep 2017)

Benchmarks of subcriticality in accelerator-driven system at Kyoto University Critical Assembly

Cheol Ho Pyeon,
Masao Yamanaka,
Song-Hyun Kim,
Thanh-Mai Vu,
Tomohiro Endo,
Willem Fredrik G. Van Rooijen,
Go Chiba

Affiliations

Cheol Ho Pyeon: Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0494, Japan
Masao Yamanaka: Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0494, Japan
Song-Hyun Kim: Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0494, Japan
Thanh-Mai Vu: Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0494, Japan
Tomohiro Endo: Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
Willem Fredrik G. Van Rooijen: Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering, University of Fukui, Kanawa-cho, Tsuruga, Fukui 914-0055, Japan
Go Chiba: Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2017.06.012
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 49, no. 6
pp. 1234 – 1239

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Basic research on the accelerator-driven system is conducted by combining 235U-fueled and 232Th-loaded cores in the Kyoto University Critical Assembly with the pulsed neutron generator (14 MeV neutrons) and the proton beam accelerator (100 MeV protons with a heavy metal target). The results of experimental subcriticality are presented with a wide range of subcriticality level between near critical and 10,000 pcm, as obtained by the pulsed neutron source method, the Feynman-α method, and the neutron source multiplication method.

Published in Nuclear Engineering and Technology

ISSN: 1738-5733 (Print)
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