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Calculation of Activity for Irradiated 110 mAg Foil Using the Los Alamos MCNP5 Code


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1 Department of Physics, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
2 Department of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
 

The main object of this study is the simulation, using the MCNP5 code, of the irradiator 226Ra-Be unit which is available at the physics department of the sciences faculty, Damascus University to calculate the neutron fluxes. The simulation results showed that neutron fluxes, in the energy ranges: thermal (10.9 MeV to 10.6 MeV), fast (0.11 MeV to 12.0 MeV), and medium (10.5 MeV to 10.1 MeV). Where flux percent was about (thermal 70.0%, fast 18.0% and medium 12.0%).

The calculation of activity for a silver foil, in a specific time after irradiation, was simulated and compared with the experimental results. The comparison shows good agreement between the simulated and measured activity.


Keywords

MCNP5, Simulation, Neutron Spectrum, NAA, Foil Ativation, Silver 110m, Neutron Flux.
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A. Altaani
Department of Physics, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
M. Nahili
Department of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Abstract


The main object of this study is the simulation, using the MCNP5 code, of the irradiator 226Ra-Be unit which is available at the physics department of the sciences faculty, Damascus University to calculate the neutron fluxes. The simulation results showed that neutron fluxes, in the energy ranges: thermal (10.9 MeV to 10.6 MeV), fast (0.11 MeV to 12.0 MeV), and medium (10.5 MeV to 10.1 MeV). Where flux percent was about (thermal 70.0%, fast 18.0% and medium 12.0%).

The calculation of activity for a silver foil, in a specific time after irradiation, was simulated and compared with the experimental results. The comparison shows good agreement between the simulated and measured activity.


Keywords


MCNP5, Simulation, Neutron Spectrum, NAA, Foil Ativation, Silver 110m, Neutron Flux.

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