Ornl Benchmark Experiment for Neutron Transport in Thick Sodium.

Abstract

The description of an experiment performed at the Tower Shielding Facility (TSF) is presented which provides verification of cross-section accuracy for use in transport calculations of deep penetration of neutrons through 15 ft of sodium. Results of calculations of the experiment are presented which were obtained by using the MORSE multigroup Monte Carlo code to calculate the transport based on an early version of the ENDF/B-III cross-section set for sodium. Comparison of the calculations with experiment indicates that the total neutron leakage above thermal energies penetrating 15 ft of sodium can be calculated to within ^30% and neutrons penetrating up to 10 ft of sodium to within vL0%.

High-energy neutron spectrometry

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