Abstract
ABSTRACTIn the accelerator-driven system (ADS), the effective delayed neutron fraction (βeff) is a requisite for converting the subcriticality from dollar units to pcm units. To evaluate the accurate βeff value in ADS, measurement of βeff complements its calculation methodology and the nuclear data on delayed neutrons. Subcriticality measurements are carried out by the pulsed neutron source method in the Kyoto University Critical Assembly, and the neutron noise analyses are conducted by the Rossi-α method with the pulsed shape of the spallation neutron source. The value of βeff is deduced with the combined use of measured subcriticality in dollar units and correction parameters by MCNP6.1 together with JENDL-4.0 and JENDL/HE-2007. A comparison between the calculated and the measured βeff represents the acceptable accuracy within the subcriticality range of around keff = 0.93 in the ADS operations. Here, the applicability of the measurement methodology based on the Rossi-α method is demonstrated by varying the subcriticality.
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