Citation
Blideanu, Valentin and García, Mauricio and Joyer, Philippe and Lopez Gonzalez de Murillo, Daniel and Mayoral, Alicia and Ogando Serrano, Francisco and Ortíz, Félix and Sanz Gonzalo, Javier and Sauvan, Patrick
(2011).
Deuteron cross section evaluation for safety and radioprotection calculations of IFMIF/EVEDA accelerator prototype.
"Journal of Nuclear Materials", v. 417
(n. 1-3);
pp. 1271-1274.
ISSN 0022-3115.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.12.270.
Abstract
under construction in Japan. Interaction of these deuterons with matter will generate high levels of
neutrons and induced activation, whose predicted yields depend strongly on the models used to calculate
the different cross sections. A benchmark test was performed to validate these data for deuteron energies
up to 20 MeV and to define a reasonable methodology for calculating the cross sections needed for
EVEDA. Calculations were performed using the nuclear models included in MCNPX and PHITS, and the
dedicated nuclear model code TALYS. Although the results obtained using TALYS (global parameters)
or Monte Carlo codes disagree with experimental values, a solution is proposed to compute cross sections
that are a good fit to experimental data. A consistent computational procedure is also suggested to
improve both transport simulations/prompt dose and activation/residual dose calculations required for
EVEDA.