Activation foils unfolding for neutron spectrometry: Comparison of different deconvolution methods

COMET/ZEUS Activation Foils Report for Irradiations IER-241 and IER-261

“…The MINUIT code in the CERN Cernlib, with smoothness and shape constraints, was used by researchers from Algeria to unfolded reactor data [10]. Tripathy et al compare several different unfolding codes [11]. For the present report, we chose to use the Few Channel Maximum Entropy (MAXED) code, which was part of the U_M_G (Unfolding and Maxed and Gravel) version 3.3 code prepared by Reginatto et al at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Germany because it was the only one readily available, except for the older code SAND II and its slight revised version GRAVEL [12].…”

Neutron dosimetry in the particle accelerator environment

“…Theoretical analysis and developments (Sarkar and Nandy, 2000;Nandy et al, 1999;Dhar et al, 2003b;Maity et al, 2005;Tripathy et al, 2007Tripathy et al, , 2009 in this field of research are also reviewed. In doing the review, emphasis is given to the work carried out in India and, consequently, a summary of important observations and conclusions drawn are indicated.…”

Neutron dose estimation in a zero power nuclear reactor

“…This report presented a possibility of measuring different contributions to the total dose in boron neutron capture treatment using optical techniques. Another independent and reliable method for neutron field characterization is the use of activation foils (25,26). Since photonuclear reactions occur only above the energy (E) range of γ radiation (E ≥ 10 MeV), metal foils are only activated by neutrons in a mixed n+γ field.…”