- Title
- Characterization of the radiation background at the Spallation Neutron Source
- Creator
- Dijulio, Douglas D.; Cherkashyna, Nataliia; Gallmeier, Franz X.; Hornbach, Donald E.; Iverson, Erik B.; Newby, Robert J.; Hall-Wilton, Richard J.; Bentley, Phillip M.; Scherzinger, Julius; Khaplanov, Anton; Pfeiffer, Dorothea; Cooper-Jensen, Carsten P.; Fissum, Kevin G.; Kanaki, Kalliopi; Kirstein, Oliver; Ehlers, Georg
- Relation
- VI European Conference on Neutron Scattering (ECNS2015). Proceedings of the VI European Conference on Neutron Scattering (ECNS2015) [presented in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 746, No. 1] (Zaragoza, Spain 30 August- 4 September, 2015)
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/746/1/012033
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- We present a survey of the radiation background at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA during routine daily operation. A broad range of detectors was used to characterize primarily the neutron and photon fields throughout the facility. These include a WENDI-2 extended range dosimeter, a thermoscientific NRD, an Arktis 4He detector, and a standard NaI photon detector. The information gathered from the detectors was used to map out the neutron dose rates throughout the facility and also the neutron dose rate and flux profiles of several different beamlines. The survey provides detailed information useful for developing future shielding concepts at spallation neutron sources, such as the European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction in Lund, Sweden.
- Subject
- Spallation Neutron Source; radiation; high-energy neutrons; primary proton beam
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1346687
- Identifier
- uon:29911
- Rights
- Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
- Language
- eng
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