Unfolding of polonium distribution in depth of irradiated lead-bismuth eutectic from alpha-particle pulse-height distribution.
The alpha-particle pulse-height distribution measured from irradiated LBE is determined from the polonium distribution in it. The unfolding of vertical polonium distribution in irradiated LBE ingot is performed with the unfolding code UFOQ. The code uses quadratic programming to consider the constraint that polonium distribution does not have negative values. The response function defined as normalized alpha-particle pulse-height distributions caused by alpha-particles emitted from polonium in surface region, which is divided vertically to thin layers, of LBE ingot is calculated by Monte Carlo method. The polonium distribution around surface of irradiated LBE ingot is obtained clearly with the response function calculated for the surface region divided narrowly. Also, the polonium distribution in deeper layer of the surface region is obtained consistently with the response function calculated for the surface region divided widely.
Miura
Terumitsu
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Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan. tmiura@nr.titech.ac.jp
Obara
Toru
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Sekimoto
Hiroshi
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