Neutronic simulation of medical radioisotope Mo and Lu production in IPR 14 MeV neutron generator facility.

An accelerator based 14 MeV neutron generator is commissioned at Institute for Plasma Research India. The generator is based on the linear accelerator concept where the deuterium ion beam impinged to the tritium target to produce neutrons. The generator is designed to produce 1 × 10 neutrons per sec.

Calibration of neutron detectors on the Joint European Torus.

The present paper describes the findings of the calibration of the neutron yield monitors on the Joint European Torus (JET) performed in 2013 using a Cf source deployed inside the torus by the remote handling system, with particular regard to the calibration of fission chambers which provide the time resolved neutron yield from JET plasmas. The experimental data obtained in toroidal, radial, and vertical scans are presented. These data are first analysed following an analytical approach adopted in the previous neutron calibrations at JET.

Spectrum average cross section measurement of W (n, p)Ta and W (n, p)Ta reaction cross section in Cf(sf) neutron field.

Neutron induced nuclear reactions are of prime importance for both fusion and fission nuclear reactor technology. Present work describes the first time measurement of spectrum average cross section of nuclear reactions W(n,p)Ta and W(n,p)Ta using Cf spontaneous fission neutron source. Standard neutron activation analysis (NAA) technique was used.