@inproceedings{a084181ca65f401eb6a35e925c34de82,
title = "Characterization of D-T generator neutron flux spectrum for cyclic neutron activation analysis experiments",
abstract = "Improving nuclear data for short-lived fission product yields will further our fundamental understanding of fission, which is needed across various scientific fields and applications. One method of attaining the needed product yield data is through cyclic neutron activation, which allows a target to be irradiated in a neutron environment and then transported for counting of the radionuclides produced, typically via γ spectroscopy. Recently, such a system was constructed and commissioned at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In this system, targets are shuttled between the head of a D-T neutron generator and a counting station with a transit time of about 2 sec. As part of the characterization of this system, the neutron flux was studied using two activation targets. The neutron flux from the deuterium-tritium fusion generator was determined to be 9.95±0.33×108 n/cm2·s with a peak energy of 14.9 MeV and a spread of approximately 4 decades between the epithermal and 14 MeV peak group flux.",
author = "Lyons, {S. M.} and Pierson, {B. D.} and M. Mayfield and J. Christ and Lani, {C. A.} and M. Flaska",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Author(s).; 7th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics, IUPAP 2021 ; Conference date: 11-07-2021 Through 16-07-2021",
year = "2023",
month = nov,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1063/5.0176948",
language = "English (US)",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
number = "1",
editor = "Foley, {Catherine P.} and Kane, {Deborah M.} and Joanna Turner",
booktitle = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
edition = "1",
}