Pin to pin neutron flux reconstruction in a PWR reactor using support vector regression (SVR) technique

Reconstruction of the Neutron Flux in a Slab Reactor

In this electronic article we use the one-dimensional multigroup neutron diffusion equation to reconstruct the neutron flux in a slab reactor from the nuclear parameters of the reactor, boundary and symmetry condition, initial flux and . The diffusion equation was solved analytically for one single homogeneous fuel region and for two regions considering fuel and reflector. To validate the metho...

Determination of X-ray flux using silicon pin diodes

Accurate measurement of photon flux from an X-ray source, a parameter required to calculate the dose absorbed by the sample, is not yet routinely available at macromolecular crystallography beamlines. The development of a model for determining the photon flux incident on pin diodes is described here, and has been tested on the macromolecular crystallography beamlines at both the Swiss Light Sou...

Tehran Stock Price Modeling and Forecasting Using Support Vector Regression (SVR) and Its Comparison with the Classic Model ARIMA

Properties of a PIN photodiode as a neutron detector

The properties as a neutron detector of a silicon photodiode of type Hamamatsu S3590-02 in conjunction with a multi-channel analyser Alphatron-3C were investigated in an Am-Be calibration field at the department of nuclear engineering at the University of Madrid. Since the photodiode is sensitive to charged particles, we covered it with two types of converters to enable its response to thermal ...

Collimator Design for Neutron Radiography Systems Using a Reactor Flux

This paper is aimed to investigate the design of an optimized neutron radiography system that utilizes the flux of a reactor. Moderation, collimation aspects are studied. A Monte Carlo code, MCNP4C, was utilized to achieve a maximum and more homogenous neutron flux in the collimator outlet next to the image plane, taking into account geometric characteristics. It was possible to obtain a normal...