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Measurements and Monte-Carlo simulations of the particle self-shielding effect of B4C grains in neutron shielding concrete

DiJulio, D. D. LU ; Cooper-Jensen, C. P. LU ; Llamas-Jansa, I. ; Kazi, S. and Bentley, P. M. LU (2018) In Radiation Physics and Chemistry 147. p.40-44
Abstract

A combined measurement and Monte-Carlo simulation study was carried out in order to characterize the particle self-shielding effect of B4C grains in neutron shielding concrete. Several batches of a specialized neutron shielding concrete, with varying B4C grain sizes, were exposed to a 2 Å neutron beam at the R2D2 test beamline at the Institute for Energy Technology located in Kjeller, Norway. The direct and scattered neutrons were detected with a neutron detector placed behind the concrete blocks and the results were compared to Geant4 simulations. The particle self-shielding effect was included in the Geant4 simulations by calculating effective neutron cross-sections during the Monte-Carlo simulation process. It... (More)

A combined measurement and Monte-Carlo simulation study was carried out in order to characterize the particle self-shielding effect of B4C grains in neutron shielding concrete. Several batches of a specialized neutron shielding concrete, with varying B4C grain sizes, were exposed to a 2 Å neutron beam at the R2D2 test beamline at the Institute for Energy Technology located in Kjeller, Norway. The direct and scattered neutrons were detected with a neutron detector placed behind the concrete blocks and the results were compared to Geant4 simulations. The particle self-shielding effect was included in the Geant4 simulations by calculating effective neutron cross-sections during the Monte-Carlo simulation process. It is shown that this method well reproduces the measured results. Our results show that shielding calculations for low-energy neutrons using such materials would lead to an underestimate of the shielding required for a certain design scenario if the particle self-shielding effect is not included in the calculations.

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Geant4, Neutron shielding concrete, Particle Self-Shielding effect
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10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.01.023
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  author       = {{DiJulio, D. D. and Cooper-Jensen, C. P. and Llamas-Jansa, I. and Kazi, S. and Bentley, P. M.}},
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  series       = {{Radiation Physics and Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Measurements and Monte-Carlo simulations of the particle self-shielding effect of B<sub>4</sub>C grains in neutron shielding concrete}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.01.023}},
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