Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-31-2002
First page number:
1
Last page number:
5
Abstract
The national development of technology to transmute nuclear waste depends upon the generation of high-energy neutrons produced by proton spallation. Proton accelerators, such as LANSCE at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, are capable of producing 800 MeV protons. By bombarding a lead /bismuth target, each proton may generate up to 25 neutrons that can activate fission of transuranic isotopes. Students at UNLV have been involved in radiation transport calculations in collaboration with researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and at the Argonne National Laboratory.
Keywords
Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended (MCNPX); Neutron flux; Neutrons; Nuclear reactions – Computer simulation; Radiative transfer; Radioactive wastes — Transmutation; Spallation (Nuclear physics); Spent reactor fuels
Controlled Subject
Neutron flux; Particles (Nuclear physics); Radioactive wastes--Transmutation
Disciplines
Nuclear | Oil, Gas, and Energy
File Format
File Size
62 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Culbreth, W.
(2002).
Radiation Transport Modeling of Beam-Target Experiments for the AAA Project: Quaterly Report, June 01- August 31, 2002.
1-5.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/hrc_trp_reactor/6