Speaker
Description
The Simβ-AD project has been launched in 2022 to resolve the issue regarding the radiological characterization of radioactive waste generated by cyclotron facilities, including β only emitters such as 63Ni, ⁵⁵Fe and ⁴⁹$V. The main goal of Simβ-AD is to develop a methodology that couples an innovative active neutron detector with Monte Carlo simulations. Neutron fluence computed by the RayXpert ** software will be validated against in-situ measurements performed with AlphaBeast CMOS-based neutron detectors to estimate activation of waste produced.
Numerical simulations benchmarked the following transport codes: FLUKA, MCNP6, PHITS, GATE and RayXpert® V2.0.
Experiments covering a broad spectrum of particles, energies and intensities were conducted in partnership with different facilities using passive detectors and the AlphaBeast neutron detectors. Comparisons between experimental results with numerical calculations from various Monte-Carlo codes will be described.
Footnotes
- Arbor, N. et al. Micro-scale characterization of a CMOS-based neutron detector for in-phantom measurements in radiation therapy. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2018. 888: p. 103-109.
** Dray, N., et al., An overview of last decade’s developments in RayXpert®, a 3D Monte Carlo code, EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. 10, 10 (2024)
Funding Agency
Ce projet a été financé par le gouvernement dans le cadre de France 2030
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