CALCULATIONAL ESTIMATIONS OF NEUTRON YIELD FROM ADS TARGET

Authors & Affiliations

Degtyarev I.I.¹, Liashenko O.A.¹, Yazynin I.A.¹, Belyakov-Bodin V.I.², Blokhin A.I.^3
1State Scientific Centre - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia
²Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia

³State Scientific Centre - A.I. Leipunsky Institute for Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia, Obninsk, Russia

Abstract

Results of computational studies of high power spallation thick ADS (Accelerator-Driven System) targets with 0.8-1.2 GeV proton beams are given. Comparisons of experiments and calculations of double differential and integral n/p yield are also described.

Keywords
neutron yield, ADS targets, high power spallation, differential cross sections, hadronic interactions, proton beams, high-energy, RTS&T code, Monte Carlo method

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References

UDC 621.039: 539.141

Problems of Atomic Science and Technology. Series: Nuclear Constants", issue 1, 2001