ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
We designed the radial neutron spectrometer using a new type DT neutron spectrometer base on a recoil proton counter-telescope technique aiming ion temperature measurement for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). The neutron spectrometer will be installed on the well collimated neutron beam line. A large area recoil proton emitter is placed parallel to the incident neutron beam and microchannel collimating plates are inserted between the radiator and the recoil proton detectors away from the neutron beam in order to limit the scattering angle of protons to the proton detectors. Here a very thin polyethylene film and a silicon surface barrier detector are employed as the radiator and proton detector, respectively. The energy resolution and detection efficiency are estimated to be 2.5% and 1×10−5 counts neutron−1 m2, respectively, for the DT neutron through Monte Carlo calculations. Five units of the spectrometers will be installed just outside the biological shield, will include a fan array using penetrations inside the bioshield and a precollimator in the horizontal port. The lifetime of the proton detectors is estimated to be about one year in the basic performance phase of ITER by neutron transport calculations using the Monte Carlo neutron and photon transport code (MCNP). © 1997 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1147655
