Abstract
This paper presents a novel method for the detection of 237Np in its separated form and advanced fuel by applying the principle of the photofission reaction ratio (PFRR). In this method, 237Np was identified using the photon-induced multiple neutron generation reaction rate ratio (PMNRR) with multiple high-energy gamma rays. The feasibility of the discrimination between the separated 237Np and uranium (235U, 238U) and the detection of the 237Np above a certain composition ratio in UO2 was examined by numerical analysis simulation. The proposed method has a wide range of incident photon energy selectivity because it utilizes the (*, 2n) reaction, which is considered an inevitable measurement obstacle in the PFRR method.The results show the detectability of 237Np even with a 10% uncertainty in the nuclear data of the (γ, fission/2n) reaction, and the robustness of the PMNRR method to the energy distribution of incident photons. In the future, the proposed method is expected to be applied for detection and verification in the field of nuclear non-proliferation and security.
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