Experimental neutronics tests for a neutron activation system for the European ITER TBM

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Contributors

  • A. Klix - , Chair of Nuclear Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • U. Fischer - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • D. Gehre - , Chair of Nuclear Physics, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • G. Kleizer - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Author)
  • P. Raj - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Université Paris-Saclay (Author)
  • I. Rovni - , Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Author)
  • Tom Ruecker - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (Author)

Abstract

We are investigating methods for neutron flux measurement in the ITER TBM. In particular we have tested sets of activation materials leading to induced gamma activities with short half-lives of the order of tens of seconds up to minutes and standard activation materials. Packages of activation foils have been irradiated with the intense neutron generator of Technical University of Dresden in a pure DT neutron field as well as in a neutronics mock-up of the European ITER HCLL TBM. An important aim was to check whether the gamma activity induced in the activation foils in these packages could be measured simultaneously. It was indeed possible to identify gamma lines of interest in gamma-ray measurements immediately after extraction from the irradiation.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFusion Reactor Diagnostics - Proceedings of the International Conference
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages175-178
Number of pages4
ISBN (print)9780735412484
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1612
ISSN0094-243X

Conference

TitleInternational Conference on Fusion Reactor Diagnostics
Duration9 - 13 September 2013
CityVilla Monastero, Varenna
CountryItaly

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Keywords

  • activation foils, ITER TBM, Neutron activation system