Abstract
Abstract The Neutron Measurements Laboratory of the Technical University of Madrid (LMN) has an automated panoramic irradiator with a 111 GBq 241 Am–Be neutron source installed in a bunker-type large room. This facility is going to be used for calibration purposes. Recently, a spectrometry campaign involving four research groups working with different Bonner Sphere Spectrometers (BSS) and using different spectral unfolding codes was carried out. As part of these measurements the emission rate, B ( t ), was estimated. The application of the generalized fitting method to account for the scattering contribution is difficult due to specific characteristics of the neutron installation. A reduced fitting method, which includes room-return and in-scatter, has instead been used to overcome this problem. Detailed Monte Carlo simulations (with MCNPX code) were also performed to estimate the fluence rate using the measured source strength value. This was performed at different points. Results were then compared with measurements. Finally, the ambient dose equivalent rate measured with a neutron monitor (LB6411) was compared with results using the BSS.
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