Dosimetry at the Portuguese research reactor using thermoluminescence measurements and Monte Carlo calculations.

نویسندگان

  • A C Fernandes
  • I C Gonçalves
  • J Santos
  • J Cardoso
  • L Santos
  • A Ferro Carvalho
  • J G Marques
  • A Kling
  • A J G Ramalho
  • M Osvay
چکیده

This work presents an extensive study on Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation and thermoluminescent (TL) dosimetry for characterising mixed radiation fields (neutrons and photons) occurring in nuclear reactors. The feasibility of these methods is investigated for radiation fields at various locations of the Portuguese Research Reactor (RPI). The performance of the approaches developed in this work is compared with dosimetric techniques already existing at RPI. The Monte Carlo MCNP-4C code was used for a detailed modelling of the reactor core, the fast neutron beam and the thermal column of RPI. Simulations using these models allow to reproduce the energy and spatial distributions of the neutron field very well (agreement better than 80%). In the case of the photon field, the agreement improves with decreasing intensity of the component related to fission and activation products. (7)LiF:Mg,Ti, (7)LiF:Mg,Cu,P and Al(2)O(3):Mg,Y TL detectors (TLDs) with low neutron sensitivity are able to determine photon dose and dose profiles with high spatial resolution. On the other hand, (nat)LiF:Mg,Ti TLDs with increased neutron sensitivity show a remarkable loss of sensitivity and a high supralinearity in high-intensity fields hampering their application at nuclear reactors.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Radiation protection dosimetry

دوره 120 1-4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006