基于D-D中子源开展238U样品屏蔽积分实验研究

Study on Shielding Benchmark Experiment of 238U Sample with D-D Neutrons

  • 摘要: 利用中国原子能科学研究院的中子学屏蔽积分实验装置,通过飞行时间法分别测量了D-D中子源与不同尺寸238U样品作用后在60°和120°的泄漏中子谱,样品表面积为30 cm×30 cm的板状样品,厚度分别为3、6和9 cm。利用蒙特卡罗程序对泄漏中子谱进行了模拟计算,其中238U数据分别采用CENDL-3.2库、ENDF/B-Ⅷ.0库、JENDL-5.0库和JEFF-3.3库中的数据。通过对模拟结果与实验结果的比较,重点分析了CENDL-3.2库中238U数据存在的不足和需要改进之处,结果表明:在裂变反应能区内,CENDL-3.2库计算结果与实验结果符合较好,但在弹性散射能区60°和120°均有较大的高估,尤其是120°,而在裂变反应和分立能级非弹性散射的混合能区1.5~2.5 MeV又有明显低估。

     

    Abstract: 238U regarded as not only one of the important materials in the design of advanced nuclear energy system, but also significant components of the nuclear fuel cycle, especially constitutes more than 90% in power reactor. Improving the accuracy of evaluated neutron data for 238U is essential for the design of reactor and nuclear devices, and fusion neutron integral experiment is one of the effective means to check the accuracy of nuclear data. The idea of this approach is to find out differences and deficiencies between measurement and prediction of different evaluated libraries, which can provide guidance for the adjustment of evaluated data. The leakage neutron spectra were measured at angles of 60° and 120° after the interaction of D-D neutrons with 238U samples in different sizes by time-of-flight method using the shielding integral facility of China Institute of Atomic Energy. The samples were rectangular slabs with a 30 cm square base and 3, 6 and 9 cm in thicknesses. A φ5.08 cm×2.54 cm BC-501A liquid scintillator was used to detect neutron in the measurement, and the gamma background can be removed by neutron-gamma discrimination. The leakage neutron spectra were simulated by Monte Carlo code using 238U data from the CENDL-3.2, ENDF/B-Ⅷ.0, JENDL-5.0 and JEFF-3.3 evaluated nuclear data libraries. The energy, angular flux and pulsed time distributions of source neutron were described carefully in the process of simulation, and the parameters of target structure material and detector efficiency were all taken into account. By comparing the calculated results with the experimental results, the shortcoming of 238U data in CENDL-3.2 library and the need for improvement were analyzed. The results show that the calculated result of CENDL-3.2 library in the fission reaction energy range is in good agreement with experimental result, but greatly overestimates in the elastic scattering energy range both at 60° and 120°, especially at 120°, there is also significant underestimation in the mixed energy range of 1.5-2.5 MeV for fission reaction and discrete level inelastic scattering.

     

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