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Nuclear data development and shield design for neutrons below 60 MeV
| dc.contributor.advisor | Harris, D. R. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Smathers, J. B. | |
| dc.creator | Wilson, William Bradley | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-21T21:31:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-21T21:31:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1977 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-357110 | |
| dc.description | Vita. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A nuclear data library has been created for medium energy neutron transport calculations. The 60-group library includes P5 cross sections in standart LASL format for H, B, C, N, O, Si, Fe and W. The 60-group structure was chosen from a sensitivity analysis of a thick iron shield calculated with a 50 MeV deuteron-on-beryllium neutron source spectrum and a 121-group cross-section set. The library combines processed ENDF/B-IV cross-section data below 20 MeV and higher energy cross-section parameters calculated with the intranuclear-cascade and evaporation model. A 6-group version of the library is used in the design of a shield-collimator unit for fast neutron radiotherapy. While the shield is specific for the 50 MeV d+ -Be neutron source presently used in cancer therapy at Texas A&M University, the cross sections and methods developed are applicable to the problems of medium energy neutron shielding in general. | en |
| dc.format.extent | x, 115 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Neutron cross sections | en |
| dc.subject | Neutron transport theory | en |
| dc.subject | Shielding (Radiation) | en |
| dc.subject | Major nuclear engineering | en |
| dc.subject.classification | 1977 Dissertation W754 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Neutron transport theory | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Neutron cross sections | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Shielding (Radiation) | en |
| dc.title | Nuclear data development and shield design for neutrons below 60 MeV | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 3267713 |
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