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NOISE METHOD FOR MONITORING<br />

THE SUB-CRITICALITY IN ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS<br />

Y. Rugama 1 , J.L. Muñoz-Cobo 1 , T.E. Valentine 2 , J.T. Mihalczo 3 , R.B. Perez 3 , A. Perez-Navarro 4<br />

1 Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Chemical and <strong>Nuclear</strong> Engineering Department<br />

P.O.Box 22012, 46071 Valencia.Spain.<br />

E-mail: yrugama@iqn.upv.es<br />

2<br />

Computation Physics and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<br />

Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6362, USA<br />

3<br />

Instrumentation and Controls Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<br />

Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6004, USA<br />

4<br />

LAESA,<br />

Plaza Roma, F-1, 1a planta, 50010 Zaragoza, Spain<br />

Abstract<br />

In this paper, an absolute measurements technique for the sub-criticality determination is presented.<br />

The development of ADS, requires of methods to monitor and control the sub-criticality of this kind of<br />

systems, without interfering it’s normal operation mode. This method is based on the Stochastic<br />

Neutron and Photon Transport Theory developed by Muñoz-Cobo et al. [1], and which can be<br />

implemented in presently available neutron transport codes. As a by-product of the methodology a<br />

monitoring measurement technique has been developed and verified using two coupled Monte Carlo<br />

programs. The spallation collisions and the high-energy transport are simulated with LAHET. The<br />

neutrons transports with energies less than 20 MeV and the estimation of the count statistics for<br />

neutron and/or gamma ray counters in fissile systems, is simulated with MCNP-DSP.<br />

It is possible to get the kinetics parameters and the k eff<br />

value of the sub-critical system through the<br />

analysis of the counter detectors.<br />

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