MCNP calculations of neutron emission anisotropy caused by the GIT-12 hardware

• Authors: Ondřej Šíla , Daniel Klír , Karel Řezáč , Balzhima Cikhardtova , Jakub Cikhardt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The MCNP6 and MCNPX calculations for the GIT-12 device in Tomsk were performed to determine the influence of the gas-puff hardware on the neutron emission anisotropy and the neutron scattering rate. A monoenergetic 2.45 MeV neutron source and F1 and F6 tallies were declared in the simulation input. A comparison between MCNP results and the measured data was made. Differences between MCNPX and MCNP6 output data were investigated. In the experiment, two nTOF scintillation detectors with the Bicron BC-408 scintillator were used to measure the neutron waveform. Four bubble BD-PND detectors were used to estimate the amount of neutrons in different places around the neutron source.

Keywords

EN

Z-pinch; gas-puff; MCNP

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nukleonika
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 323-326

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2015

received

11 - 6 - 2014

online

22 - 6 - 2015

accepted

23 - 1 - 2015

Contributors

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Ondřej Šíla

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Daniel Klír

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Karel Řezáč

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Balzhima Cikhardtova

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Jakub Cikhardt

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nuka-2015-0064