Induced activation in accelerator components

Cristian Bungau; Adriana Bungau; Robert Cywinski; Roger Barlow; Thomas Robert Edgecock; Patrick Carlsson; Håkan Danared; Ferenc Mezei; Anne Ivalu Sander Holm; Søren Pape Møller; Heine Dølrath Thomsen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.17.084701

Induced activation in accelerator components

Cristian Bungau, Adriana Bungau, Robert Cywinski, Roger Barlow, Thomas Robert Edgecock, Patrick Carlsson, Håkan Danared, Ferenc Mezei, Anne Ivalu Sander Holm, Søren Pape Møller, Heine Dølrath Thomsen

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The residual activity induced in particle accelerators is a serious issue from the point of view of radiation safety as the long-lived radionuclides produced by fast or moderated neutrons and impact protons cause problems of radiation exposure for staff involved in the maintenance work and when decommissioning the facility. This paper presents activation studies of the magnets and collimators in the High Energy Beam Transport line of the European Spallation Source due to the backscattered neutrons from the target and also due to the direct proton interactions and their secondaries. An estimate of the radionuclide inventory and induced activation are predicted using the GEANT4 code.

Original language	English
Article number	084701
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Volume	17
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.17.084701
Publication status	Published - 18 Aug 2014

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