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1. Structure of $^{13}$Be probed via secondary beam reactions

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Randisi, G., Leprince, A., Falou, H. Al, Orr, N. A., Marqués, F. M., Achouri, N. L., Angélique, J. -C., Ashwood, N., Bastin, B., Bloxham, T., Brown, B. A., Catford, W. N., Curtis, N., Delaunay, F., Freer, M., Brennand, E. de Góes, Haigh, P., Hanappe, F., Harlin, C., Laurent, B., Lecouey, J. -L., Ninane, A., Patterson, N., Price, D., Stuttgé, L., and Thomas, J. S.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The low-lying level structure of the unbound neutron-rich nucleus $^{13}$Be has been investigated via breakup on a carbon target of secondary beams of $^{14,15}$B at 35 MeV/nucleon. The coincident detection of the beam velocity $^{12}$Be fragments and neutrons permitted the invariant mass of the $^{12}$Be+$n$ and $^{12}$Be+$n$+$n$ systems to be reconstructed. In the case of the breakup of $^{15}$B, a very narrow structure at threshold was observed in the $^{12}$Be+$n$ channel. Contrary to earlier stable beam fragmentation studies which identified this as a strongly interacting $s$-wave virtual state in $^{13}$Be, analysis here of the $^{12}$Be+$n$+$n$ events demonstrated that this was an artifact resulting from the sequential-decay of the $^{14}$Be(2$^+$) state. Single-proton removal from $^{14}$B was found to populate a broad low-lying structure some 0.70 MeV above the neutron-decay threshold in addition to a less prominent feature at around 2.4 MeV. Based on the selectivity of the reaction and a comparison with (0-3)$\hbar\omega$ shell-model calculations, the low-lying structure is concluded to most probably arise from closely spaced J$^\pi$=1/2$^+$ and 5/2$^+$ resonances (E$_r$=0.40$\pm$0.03 and 0.85$^{+0.15}_{-0.11}$ MeV), whilst the broad higher-lying feature is a second 5/2$^+$ level (E$_r$=2.35$\pm$0.14 MeV). Taken in conjunction with earlier studies, it would appear that the lowest 1/2$^+$ and 1/2$^-$ levels lie relatively close together below 1 MeV., Comment: 14 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in Physical Review C

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2013
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2. Reactivity monitoring using the area method for the subcritic al VENUS-F core within the framework of the FREYA Project

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Marie, N., Lehaut, G., Lecouey, J. L., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Doligez, X., Lecolley, F. R., Kochetkov, A., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Mellier, F., Ban, G., Thyébault, H. E., and Villamarin, D.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS) could be employed to incinerate minor actinides and so partly contribute to answer the problem of nuclear waste management. An ADS consists of the coupling of a subcritical fast reactor to a particle accelerator via a heavy material spallation target. The on-line reactivity monitoring of such an ADS is a serious issue regarding its safety. In order to study the methodology of this monitoring, zero-power experimentswere undertaken at the GUINEVERE facility within the framework of the FP6-IP-EUROTRANS programme. Such experiments have been under completion within the FREYA FP7 project. The GUINEVERE facility is hosted at the SCK-CEN site in Mol (Belgium). It couples the VENUS-F subcritical fast core with the GENEPI-3C accelerator. The latter delivers a beam of deuterons, which are converted into 14-MeV neutrons via fusion reactions on a tritiated target. This paper presents one of the investigated methods for ADS on-line reactivity monitoring which has to be validated in the program of the FREYA project. It describes the results obtained when Pulsed Neutron Source experiments are analysed using the so called Area Method, in order to estimate the reactivity of a few sub-critical configurations of the VENUS-F reactor, around keff= 0.96. First the GUINEVERE facility is described. Then, following general considerations on the Area method, the results of its application to the neutron population time decrease spectra measured after a pulse by several fission chambers spread out over the whole reactor are discussed. Finally the reactivity values extracted are compared to the static reactivity values obtained using the Modified Source Multiplication (MSM) method., Comment: International Workshop on Technology and Components of Accelerator Driven Systems (TCADS) OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nantes : France (2013)

Published
2013

3. Neutron knockout of 12Be populating neutron-unbound states in 11Be

Author

Peters, William A., Baumann, T., Brown, B. A., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Frank, N., Jones, K. L., Lecouey, J. -L., Luther, B., Peaslee, G. F., Rogers, W. F., Schiller, A., Thoennessen, M., Tostevin, J. A., and Yoneda, K.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Neutron-unbound resonant states of 11Be were populated in neutron knock-out reactions from 12Be and identified by 10Be-n coincidence measurements. A resonance in the decay-energy spectrum at 80(2) keV was attributed to a highly excited unbound state in 11Be at 3.949(2) MeV decaying to the 2+ excited state in 10Be. A knockout cross section of 15(3) mb was inferred for this 3.949(2) MeV state suggesting a spectroscopic factor near unity for this 0p3/2- level, consistent with the detailed shell model calculations., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures \pacs{29.38.Db, 29.30.Hs, 24.50.+g, 21.10.Pc, 21.10.Hw, 27.20.+n} \keywords{neutron decay spectroscopy, neutron-unbound states in 11Be}

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2011
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4. Single-Proton Removal Reaction Study of 16B

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Lecouey, J. -L., Orr, N. A., Marques, F. M., Achouri, N. L., Angelique, J. -C., Brown, B. A., Catford, W. N., Clarke, N. M., Freer, M., Fulton, B. R., Grevy, S., Hanappe, F., Jones, K. L., Labiche, M., Lemmon, R. C., Ninane, A., Sauvan, E., Spohr, K. M., and Stuttge, L.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The low-lying level structure of the unbound system $^{16}$B has been investigated via single-proton removal from a 35 MeV/nucleon $^{17}$C beam. The coincident detection of the beam velocity $^{15}$B fragment and neutron allowed the relative energy of the in-flight decay of $^{16}$B to be reconstructed. The resulting spectrum exhibited a narrow peak some 85 keV above threshold. It is argued that this feature corresponds to a very narrow ($\Gamma \ll $100 keV) resonance, or an unresolved multiplet, with a dominant $\pi (p_{3/2})^{-1} \otimes \nu (d_{5/2}^3)_{J=3/2^+}$ + $\pi (p_{3/2})^{-1} \otimes \nu (d_{5/2}^2,s_{1/2})_{J=3/2^+}$ configuration which decays by d-wave neutron emission., Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Lett. B

Published
2008
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5. Observation of the First Excited State in 23O

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Frank, N., Schiller, A., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Gade, A., Hinnefeld, J., Howes, R., Lecouey, J. -L., Luther, B., Peters, W. A., Scheit, H., and Thoennessen, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The first excited state in neutron-rich 23O was observed in a (2p1n) knock-out reaction from 26Ne on a beryllium target at a beam energy of 86 MeV/A. The state is unbound with respect to neutron emission and was reconstructed from the invariant mass from the 22O fragment and the neutron. It is unbound by 45(2) keV corresponding to an excitation energy of 2.8(1) MeV. The non-observation of further resonances implies a predominantly direct reaction mechanism of the employed three-nucleon-removal reaction which suggests the assignment of the observed resonance to be the 5/2+ hole state., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, Proc. 23rd Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, February 11-18, 2007

Published
2007

6. Population of neutron unbound states via two-proton knockout reactions

Author

Frank, N., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Gade, A., Lecouey, J. -L., Peters, W. A., Scheit, H., Schiller, A., Thoennessen, M., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Hinnefeld, J., Howes, R., and Luther, B.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The two-proton knockout reaction 9Be(26Ne,O2p) was used to explore excited unbound states of 23O and 24O. In 23O a state at an excitation energy of 2.79(13) MeV was observed. There was no conclusive evidence for the population of excited states in 24O., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, Proc. 9th Int. Spring Seminar on Nucl. Phys. Changing Facets of Nuclear Structure, May 20-34, 2007

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2007
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7. Exploring Neutron-Rich Oxygen Isotopes with MoNA

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Frank, N., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Gade, A., Hinnefeld, J., Howes, R., Lecouey, J. -L., Luther, B., Peters, W. A., Scheit, H., Schiller, A., and Thoennessen, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) was used in conjunction with a large-gap dipole magnet (Sweeper) to measure neutron-unbound states in oxygen isotopes close to the neutron dripline. While no excited states were observed in 24O, a resonance at 45(2) keV above the neutron separation energy was observed in 23O., Comment: 6 pages, 4 Figures, submitted to Proc. Int. Conf. on Proton Emitting Nuclei and Related Topics, PROCON07

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2007
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8. B(E1) Strengths from Coulomb Excitation of 11Be

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Summers, N. C., Pain, S. D., Orr, N. A., Catford, W. N., Angelique, J. C., Ashwood, N. I., Bouchat, V., Clarke, N. M., Curtis, N., Freer, M., Fulton, B. R., Hanappe, F., Labiche, M., Lecouey, J. L., Lemmon, R. C., Mahboub, D., Ninane, A., Normand, G., Nunes, F. M., Soic, N., Stuttge, L., Timis, C. N., Thompson, I. J., Winfield, J. S., and Ziman, V.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The $B$(E1;$1/2^+\to1/2^-$) strength for $^{11}$Be has been extracted from intermediate energy Coulomb excitation measurements, over a range of beam energies using a new reaction model, the extended continuum discretized coupled channels (XCDCC) method. In addition, a measurement of the excitation cross section for $^{11}$Be+$^{208}$Pb at 38.6 MeV/nucleon is reported. The $B$(E1) strength of 0.105(12) e$^2$fm$^2$ derived from this measurement is consistent with those made previously at 60 and 64 MeV/nucleon, i n contrast to an anomalously low result obtained at 43 MeV/nucleon. By coupling a multi-configuration description of the projectile structure with realistic reaction theory, the XCDCC model provides for the first time a fully quantum mechanical description of Coulomb excitation. The XCDCC calculations reveal that the excitation process involves significant contributions from nuclear, continuum, and higher-order effects. An analysis of the present and two earlier intermediate energy measurements yields a combined B(E1) strength of 0.105(7) e$^2$fm$^2$. This value is in good agreement with the value deduced independently from the lifetime of the $1/2^-$ state in $^{11}$Be, and has a comparable p recision., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B

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2007
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9. Selective population and neutron decay of the first excited state of semi-magic O-23

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Schiller, A., Frank, N., Baumann, T., Bazin, D., Brown, B. A., Brown, J., DeYoung, P. A., Finck, J. E., Gade, A., Hinnefeld, J., Howes, R., Lecouey, J. -L., Luther, B., Peters, W. A., Scheit, H., Thoennessen, M., and Tostevin, J. A.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We have observed an excited state in the neutron-rich semi-magic nucleus O-23 for the first time. No such states have been found in previous searches using gamma-ray spectroscopy. The observation of a resonance in n-fragment coincidence measurements confirms the speculation in the literature that the lowest excited state is neutron unbound and establishes positive evidence for a 2.8(1) MeV excitation energy of the first excited state in O-23. The non-observation of a predicted second excited state is explained assuming selectivity of inner-shell knockout reactions., Comment: 4 pages including 4 figures

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2006
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10. Shell structure at N=28 near the dripline: spectroscopy of $^{42}$Si, $^{43}$P and $^{44}$S

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Fridmann, J., Wiedenhoever, I., Gade, A., Baby, L. T., Bazin, D., Brown, B. A., Campbell, C. M., Cook, J. M., Cottle, P. D., Diffenderfer, E., Dinca, D. -C., Glasmacher, T., Hansen, P. G., Kemper, K. W., Lecouey, J. L., Mueller, W. F., Rodriguez-Vieitez, E., Terry, J. R., Tostevin, J. A., Yoneda, K., and Zwahlen, H.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Measurements of the N=28 isotones 42Si, 43P and 44S using one- and two-proton knockout reactions from the radioactive beam nuclei 44S and 46Ar are reported. The knockout reaction cross sections for populating 42Si and 43P and a 184 keV gamma-ray observed in 43P establish that the d_{3/2} and s_{1/2} proton orbits are nearly degenerate in these nuclei and that there is a substantial Z=14 subshell closure separating these two orbits from the d_{5/2} orbit. The increase in the inclusive two-proton knockout cross section from 42Si to 44S demonstrates the importance of the availability of valence protons for determining the cross section. New calculations of the two-proton knockout reactions that include diffractive effects are presented. In addition, it is proposed that a search for the d_{5/2} proton strength in 43P via a higher statistics one-proton knockout experiment could help determine the size of the Z=14 closure., Comment: Phys. Rev. C, in press

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2006
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11. Two-neutron knockout from neutron-deficient $^{34}$Ar, $^{30}$S, and $^{26}$Si

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Yoneda, K., Obertelli, A., Gade, A., Bazin, D., Brown, B. A., Campbell, C. M., Cook, J. M., Cottle, P. D., Davies, A. D., Dinca, D. -C., Glasmacher, T., Hansen, P. G., Hoagland, T., Kemper, K. W., Lecouey, J. -L., Mueller, W. F., Reynolds, R. R., Terry, J. R., Tostevin, J. A., and Zwahlen, H.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Two-neutron knockout reactions from nuclei in the proximity of the proton dripline have been studied using intermediate-energy beams of neutron-deficient $^{34}$Ar, $^{30}$S, and $^{26}$Si. The inclusive cross sections, and also the partial cross sections for the population of individual bound final states of the $^{32}$Ar, $^{28}$S and $^{24}$Si knockout residues, have been determined using the combination of particle and $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy. Similar to the two-proton knockout mechanism on the neutron-rich side of the nuclear chart, these two-neutron removal reactions from already neutron-deficient nuclei are also shown to be consistent with a direct reaction mechanism., Comment: Phys. Rev. C, rapid communication, in press

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2006
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12. Population of bound excited states in intermediate-energy fragmentation reactions

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Obertelli, A., Gade, A., Bazin, D., Campbell, C. M., Cook, J. M., Cottle, P. D., Davies, A. D., Dinca, D. -C., Glasmacher, T., Hansen, P. G., Hoagland, T., Kemper, K. W., Lecouey, J. -L., Mueller, W. F., Reynolds, R. R., Roeder, B. T., Terry, J. R., Tostevin, J. A., Yoneda, K., and Zwahlen, H.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Fragmentation reactions with intermediate-energy heavy-ion beams exhibit a wide range of reaction mechanisms, ranging from direct reactions to statistical processes. We examine this transition by measuring the relative population of excited states in several sd-shell nuclei produced by fragmentation with the number of removed nucleons ranging from two to sixteen. The two-nucleon removal is consistent with a non-dissipative process whereas the removal of more than five nucleons appears to be mainly statistical., Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures

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2006
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13. Structure of 12Be: intruder d-wave strength at N=8

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Pain, S. D., Catford, W. N., Orr, N. A., Angelique, J. C., Ashwood, N. I., Bouchat, V., Clarke, N. M., Curtis, N., Freer, M., Fulton, B. R., Hanappe, F., Labiche, M., Lecouey, J. L., Lemmon, R. C., Mahboub, D., Ninane, A., Normand, G., Soic, N., Stuttge, L., Timis, C. N., Tostevin, J. A., Winfield, J. S., and Ziman, V.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The breaking of the N=8 shell-model magic number in the 12Be ground state has been determined to include significant occupancy of the intruder d-wave orbital. This is in marked contrast with all other N=8 isotones, both more and less exotic than 12Be. The occupancies of the 0 hbar omega neutron p1/2-orbital and the 1 hbar omega, neutron d5/2 intruder orbital were deduced from a measurement of neutron removal from a high-energy 12Be beam leading to bound and unbound states in 11Be., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures

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2005
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14. Experimental studies of unbound neutron-rich nuclei

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Lecouey, J. L.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The three-body description of two-neutron halo nuclei relies on the two-body interactions between the constituents. In order to provide constraints on calculations devoted to $^{14}$Be and $^{17}$B, neutron unbound states of $^{13}$Be and $^{16}$B have been investigated by one-proton knockout. The experimental techniques and results are discussed here., Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures. Invited contribution to "Critcal Stability III", ECT*, Trento, Italy, September 2003. To appear in a special issue of Few-Body Systems

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2003
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15. EXTENDED MSM METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE REACTIVITY OF A SUB-CRITICAL CORE DRIVEN BY AN ACCELERATOR BASED NEUTRON SOURCE

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Billebaud A., Lecouey J.-L., Chevret T., Chabod S., Doligez X., Kochetkov A., Krása A., Lecolley F.-R., Lehaut G., Marie N., Messaoudi N., Uyttenhove W., Vittiglio G., Wagemans J., Bécares V., Villamarin D., and Mellier F.

Subjects
ads, accelerator based neutron source, msm method, reactivity monitoring, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The Modified Source Multiplication method is used to determine an unknown reactivity level of a reactor from a known one if one has access to the detector counting for both levels when the reactor is fed by a constant neutron source like an Am-Be source. When available, an accelerator driven source, in continuous mode, can be useful as its intensity can be tunable and then adapted to the experimental conditions. However, in that case, the MSM technique must be extended to account for an external source whose intensity, energy and angular distributions can vary from one measurement to another. In this paper, this Modified Multi-Source Multiplication (MMSM) method is applied to measurements done during the FREYA project in the GUINEVERE facility, operated with the GENEPI-3C accelerator providing a mixture of (D,T) and (D,D) neutrons. The monitoring of these sources through the detection of the associated charged particles allows the calculation of the MMSM factors and the estimate of the reactivity values. The results are compared in different configurations with the reactivity obtained with an Am-Be source or in dynamic measurements performed with GENEPI-3C. Their excellent agreement shows the possibility of using such accelerator-based neutron sources for MSM measurements when they are correctly monitored. This is of great interest for deep sub-critical level characterization for which detector count rates per source neutrons might be low.

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2021
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16. THE SOURCE JERK INTEGRALMETHOD FOR SUB-CRITICALITY MEASUREMENTS IN ADS

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Kochetkov A., Billebaud A., Chabod S., Krása A., Lecolley F.-R., Lecouey J.-L., Lehaut G., Marie N., Messaoudi N., Vittiglio G., and Wagemans J.

Subjects
zero-power ads experiments, source jerk method, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Three sub-critical (SC) core configurations were investigated in the VENUS-F zero power reactor coupled with the GENEPI-3C accelerator. The SC10 and SC12 were a mock-up of a MYRRHA start-up core and SC11 represented a more complex MYRRHA core loaded with various types of in-pile-sections. The sub-criticality of 11 variants of these VENUS-F cores was changed in several steps from -6$ down to -30$ using the safety and control rods. Their sub-criticalities were determined with the Source Jerk Integral (SJI) method using 11 fission chambers located all over the reactor. For the data analysis, the 8-group delayed neutron parameters from the JEFF-3.1.2 evaluated nuclear data library were used. Reliability and reproducibility of the experimental results were tested by repeating the measurements, swapping the detectors and varying the accelerator beam intensity, thus changing the detector count rates and verifying the validity of the dead time corrections. The obtained results are compared with MCNP calculations.

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2021
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17. Study of Reactor Core Loading Monitoring at the GUINEVERE Facility

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Bailly, A., primary, Lecouey, J.-L., additional, Billebaud, A., additional, Chabod, S., additional, Kochetkov, A., additional, Krása, A., additional, Lecolley, F.-R., additional, Lehaut, G., additional, Marie, N., additional, Messaoudi, N., additional, Vittiglio, G., additional, and Wagemans, J., additional

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2023
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19. Experimental evidence of a v (1d5/2)2 component to the 12Be ground state

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Pain, S. D., Catford, W. N., Orr, N. A., Angelique, J. C., Ashwood, N. I., Bouchat, V., Clarke, N. M., Curtis, N., Freer, M., Fulton, B. R., Hanappe, F., Labiche, M., Lecouey, J. L., Lemmon, R. C., Mahboub, D., Ninane, A., Normand, G., Soić, N., Stuttge, L., Timis, C. N., Tostevin, J. A., Winfield, J. S., Ziman, V., Gross, Carl J., editor, Nazarewicz, Witold, editor, and Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P., editor

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2005
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20. Deep Subcriticality Determination Using the Source Jerk Integral Method in the SALMON Program

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Kochetkov, A., Krása, A., Messaoudi, N., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Bailly, A., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Lecolley, F.-R., Lecouey, J.-L., Lehaut, G., and Marie, N.

Abstract

AbstractThe Source Jerk Integral (SJI) method has been extensively used to determine the subcriticality in VENUS-F zero-power experiments since 2012. The obtained resultswere in the range from −5 $ to about −20 $ and concerned the subcriticalities of accelerator-driven system MYRRHA mockup cores. Within the SALMON program, which is dedicated to the safe loading procedure of pressurized power reactors, five subcritical core configurations were assembled and studied in the VENUS-F reactor in 2019. These cores simulated the loading process in inverse mode: from more reactive to deep subcritical. The subcriticality of five variants of the SC11 VENUS-F core was changed in steps from −20 $ to about −100 $ by replacing the fuel assemblies with lead reflector assemblies. The subcriticality levels were determined with the pulsed neutron source (PNS) and SJI methods. The GENEPI-3C deuterium accelerator coupled with VENUS-F was used as an external neutron source. The results of the measurements obtained with the SJI method are presented in this paper. Time-dependent Monte Carlo calculations were performed to simulate the SJI experiments and to determine spatial-energy correction factors. Static Monte Carlo simulations were performed to calculate neutron spectra and reactivity. The results of the measurements (both SJI and PNS) are compared with the static MCNP calculations.

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2023
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21. Study of Reactor Core Loading Monitoring Within the SALMON Program

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Bailly, A., primary, Lecouey, J.-L., additional, Billebaud, A., additional, Chabod, S., additional, Kochetkov, A., additional, Krása, A., additional, Lecolley, F.-R., additional, Lehaut, G., additional, Marie, N., additional, Messaoudi, N., additional, Vittiglio, G., additional, and Wagemans, J., additional

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2022
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26. 'Magic' nucleus 42Si

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Fridmann, J., Wiedenhöver, I., Gade, A., Baby, L. T., Bazin, D., Brown, B. A., Campbell, C. M., Cook, J. M., Cottle, P. D., Diffenderfer, E., Dinca, D.-C., Glasmacher, T., Hansen, P. G., Kemper, K. W., Lecouey, J. L., Mueller, W. F., Olliver, H., Rodriguez-Vieitez, E., Terry, J. R., Tostevin, J. A., and Yoneda, K.

Published
2005

27. THE SOURCE JERK INTEGRAL METHOD FOR SUB-CRITICALITY MEASUREMENTS IN ADS.

Author

Kochetkov, A., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Krása, A., Lecolley, F.-R., Lecouey, J.-L., Lehaut, G., Marie, N., Messaoudi, N., Vittiglio, G., and Wagemans, J.

Subjects
NUCLEAR reactor cores, NEUTRON transport theory, THERMAL hydraulics, NUCLEAR fission, MONTE Carlo method
Abstract

Three sub-critical (SC) core configurations were investigated in the VENUS-F zero power reactor coupled with the GENEPI-3C accelerator. The SC10 and SC12 were a mock-up of a MYRRHA start-up core and SC11 represented a more complex MYRRHA core loaded with various types of in-pile-sections. The sub-criticality of 11 variants of these VENUS-F cores was changed in several steps from -6$ down to -30$ using the safety and control rods. Their sub-criticalities were determined with the Source Jerk Integral (SJI) method using 11 fission chambers located all over the reactor. For the data analysis, the 8-group delayed neutron parameters from the JEFF-3.1.2 evaluated nuclear data library were used. Reliability and reproducibility of the experimental results were tested by repeating the measurements, swapping the detectors and varying the accelerator beam intensity, thus changing the detector count rates and verifying the validity of the dead time corrections. The obtained results are compared with MCNP calculations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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28. The Neutrons for Science Facility at SPIRAL-2

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Ledoux, X., Aiche, M., Avrigeanu, M., Avrigeanu, V., Balanzat, E., Ban-d'Etat, B., Ban, G., Bauge, E., Belier, G., Bem, P., Borcea, C., Caillaud, T., Chatillon, A., Czajkowski, S., Dessagne, P., Dore, D., Fischer, U., Fregeau, M. O., Grinyer, J., Guillous, S., Gunsing, F., Gustavsson, Cecilia, Henning, G., Jacquot, B., Jansson, Kaj, Jurado, B., Kerveno, M., Klix, A., Landoas, O., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Majerle, M., Marie, N., Materna, T., Mrazek, J., Novak, J., Oberstedt, S., Oberstedt, A., Panebianco, S., Perrot, L., Plompen, A. J. M., Pomp, Stephan, Prokofiev, Alexander, Ramillon, J. M., Farget, F., Ridikas, D., Rosse, B., Serot, O., Simakov, S. P., Simeckova, E., Stanoiu, M., Stefanik, M., Sublet, J. C., Taieb, J., Tarrio, Diego, Tassan-Got, L., Thfoin, I., Varignon, C., Ledoux, X., Aiche, M., Avrigeanu, M., Avrigeanu, V., Balanzat, E., Ban-d'Etat, B., Ban, G., Bauge, E., Belier, G., Bem, P., Borcea, C., Caillaud, T., Chatillon, A., Czajkowski, S., Dessagne, P., Dore, D., Fischer, U., Fregeau, M. O., Grinyer, J., Guillous, S., Gunsing, F., Gustavsson, Cecilia, Henning, G., Jacquot, B., Jansson, Kaj, Jurado, B., Kerveno, M., Klix, A., Landoas, O., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Majerle, M., Marie, N., Materna, T., Mrazek, J., Novak, J., Oberstedt, S., Oberstedt, A., Panebianco, S., Perrot, L., Plompen, A. J. M., Pomp, Stephan, Prokofiev, Alexander, Ramillon, J. M., Farget, F., Ridikas, D., Rosse, B., Serot, O., Simakov, S. P., Simeckova, E., Stanoiu, M., Stefanik, M., Sublet, J. C., Taieb, J., Tarrio, Diego, Tassan-Got, L., Thfoin, I., and Varignon, C.

Abstract

The neutrons for science (NFS) facility is a component of SPIRAL-2, the new superconducting linear accelerator built at GANIL in Caen (France). The proton and deuteron beams delivered by the accelerator will allow producing intense neutron fields in the 100 keV-40 MeV energy range. Continuous and quasi-mono-kinetic energy spectra, respectively, will be available at NFS, produced by the interaction of a deuteron beam on a thick Be converter and by the Li-7(p, n) reaction on thin converter. The pulsed neutron beam, with a flux up to two orders of magnitude higher than those of other existing time-of-flight facilities, will open new opportunities of experiments in fundamental research as well as in nuclear data measurements. In addition to the neutron beam, irradiation stations for neutron-, proton- and deuteron-induced reactions will be available for cross-sections measurements and for the irradiation of electronic devices or biological cells. NFS, whose first experiment is foreseen in 2018, will be a very powerful tool for physics, fundamental research as well as applications like the transmutation of nuclear waste, design of future fission and fusion reactors, nuclear medicine or test and development of new detectors.

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2018
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29. The neutrons for science facility at SPIRAL-2

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Ledoux, X., Aïche, M., Avrigeanu, M., Avrigeanu, V., Balanzat, E., Ban-d'Etat, B., Ban, G., Bauge, E., Bélier, G., Bém, P., Borcea, C., Caillaud, T., Chatillon, A., Czajkowski, S., Dessagne, P., Doré, D., Fischer, U., Frégeau, M. O., Grinyer, J., Guillous, S., Gunsing, F., Gustavsson, Cecilia, Henning, G., Jacquot, B., Jansson, Kaj, Jurado, B., Kerveno, M., Klix, A., Landoas, O., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Majerle, M., Marie, N., Materna, T., Mrázek, J., Negoita, F., Novák, J., Oberstedt, S., Oberstedt, A., Panebianco, S., Perrot, L., Plompen, A. J. M., Pomp, Stephan, Prokofiev, Alexander, Ramillon, J. M., Farget, F., Ridikas, D., Rossé, B., Sérot, O., Simakov, S. P., Šimečková, E., Štefánik, M., Sublet, J. C., Taïeb, J., Tarrío, Diego, Tassan-Got, L., Thfoin, I., Varignon, C., Ledoux, X., Aïche, M., Avrigeanu, M., Avrigeanu, V., Balanzat, E., Ban-d'Etat, B., Ban, G., Bauge, E., Bélier, G., Bém, P., Borcea, C., Caillaud, T., Chatillon, A., Czajkowski, S., Dessagne, P., Doré, D., Fischer, U., Frégeau, M. O., Grinyer, J., Guillous, S., Gunsing, F., Gustavsson, Cecilia, Henning, G., Jacquot, B., Jansson, Kaj, Jurado, B., Kerveno, M., Klix, A., Landoas, O., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Majerle, M., Marie, N., Materna, T., Mrázek, J., Negoita, F., Novák, J., Oberstedt, S., Oberstedt, A., Panebianco, S., Perrot, L., Plompen, A. J. M., Pomp, Stephan, Prokofiev, Alexander, Ramillon, J. M., Farget, F., Ridikas, D., Rossé, B., Sérot, O., Simakov, S. P., Šimečková, E., Štefánik, M., Sublet, J. C., Taïeb, J., Tarrío, Diego, Tassan-Got, L., Thfoin, I., and Varignon, C.

Abstract

Numerous domains, in fundamental research as well as in applications, require the study of reactions induced by neutrons with energies from few MeV up to few tens of MeV. Reliable measurements also are necessary to improve the evaluated databases used by nuclear transport codes. This energy range covers a large number of topics like transmutation of nuclear waste, design of future fission and fusion reactors, nuclear medicine or test and development of new detectors. A new facility called Neutrons For Science (NFS) is being built for this purpose on the GANIL site at Caen (France). NFS is composed of a pulsed neutron beam for time-of-flight facility as well as irradiation stations for cross-section measurements. Neutrons will be produced by the interaction of deuteron and proton beams, delivered by the SPIRAL-2 linear accelerator, with thick or thin converters made of beryllium or lithium. Continuous and quasi-mono-energetic spectra will be available at NFS up to 40 MeV. In this fast energy region, the neutron flux is expected to be up to 2 orders of magnitude higher than at other existing time-of-flight facilities. In addition, irradiation stations for neutron-, proton- and deuteron-induced reactions will allow performing cross-section measurements by the activation technique. After a description of the facility and its characteristics, the experiments to be performed in the short and medium term will be presented.

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2017
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30. The Neutrons for Science Facility at SPIRAL-2

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Ledoux, X, primary, Aïche, M, additional, Avrigeanu, M, additional, Avrigeanu, V, additional, Balanzat, E, additional, Ban-d’Etat, B, additional, Ban, G, additional, Bauge, E, additional, Bélier, G, additional, Bém, P, additional, Borcea, C, additional, Caillaud, T, additional, Chatillon, A, additional, Czajkowski, S, additional, Dessagne, P, additional, Doré, D, additional, Fischer, U, additional, Frégeau, M O, additional, Grinyer, J, additional, Guillous, S, additional, Gunsing, F, additional, Gustavsson, C, additional, Henning, G, additional, Jacquot, B, additional, Jansson, K, additional, Jurado, B, additional, Kerveno, M, additional, Klix, A, additional, Landoas, O, additional, Lecolley, F R, additional, Lecouey, J L, additional, Majerle, M, additional, Marie, N, additional, Materna, T, additional, Mrázek, J, additional, Novák, J, additional, Oberstedt, S, additional, Oberstedt, A, additional, Panebianco, S, additional, Perrot, L, additional, Plompen, A J M, additional, Pomp, S, additional, Prokofiev, A V, additional, Ramillon, J M, additional, Farget, F, additional, Ridikas, D, additional, Rossé, B, additional, Serot, O, additional, Simakov, S P, additional, Šimečková, E, additional, Stanoiu, M, additional, Štefánik, M, additional, Sublet, J C, additional, Taïeb, J, additional, Tarrío, D, additional, Tassan-Got, L, additional, Thfoin, I, additional, and Varignon, C, additional

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2017
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31. An Alternative Source Jerk Method Implementation for the Subcriticality Estimation of the VENUS-F Subcritical Core in the FREYA Project

Author

Kochetkov, A., Baeten, P., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Lecouey, J. L., Ban, G., Lecolley, F. R., Nathalie Marie, Lehaut, G., Doligez, X., Mellier, F., Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire (SCK-CEN), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; As a prolongation of the FP-6 GUINEVERE (Generation of Uninterrupted Intense NEutron pulses at the lead VEnus REactor)project at the VENUS-F facility at SCK• CEN, the FP-7 FREYA (Fast Reactor Experiments for hYbrid Applications) project was launched in2011. The FREYA project aims at validating the methodology for subcriticality monitoring of a subcritical core as proposed in the MUSEexperiments conclusions. This is needed for the reactivity monitoring of a powerful ADS (Accelerator Driven System) like MYRRHA.Experiments are also needed for sub-critical and critical ADS and LFR (Lead Fast Reactor) core characterisation for benchmarking andlicensing purposes. Several levels of sub-criticality of the first subcritical core were measured applying the integral Source Jerk methodand compared to the reference results obtained with the MSM (Modified Source Multiplication) method.

Published
2014

32. Monte Carlo Assessment of Spatial and Energy Effects in the VENUS-F Subcritical Configurations and Application for Reactivity Determination

Author

Bécares, V., Villamarín, D., González-Romero, E. M., Kochetkov, A., Baeten, P., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Lecouey, J. L., Lecolley, F. R., Lehaut, G., Nathalie Marie, Doliguez, X., Mellier, F., Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire (SCK-CEN), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), and Guesnon, Sandrine

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; Experiments with a subcritical core and an external pulsed neutron source (PNS) have been performed at the VENUS-F reactor of theSCK-CEN during the year 2012 within the frame of the FREYA project of the 7th European Framework Programme. Different reactivity levels,obtained by varying the position of the control rods and the safety rods, have been investigated, with values of kef f ranging between 0.9and 0.96. The area-ratio and the prompt decay constant techniques are well-known techniques to determine the reactivity of the systemfrom the results of PNS experiments. However, both techniques are based on the point kinetics model and hence they are affected by thespatial and energy effects present in real systems, which will cause them to produce biased values of the reactivity. In this work, we applya methodology based on Monte Carlo simulations to assess the spatial and energy effects present in the VENUS-F core and to determinerelationships between the reactivity and the measured parameters (area-ratio and prompt decay constant) that take into account these effects and allow the application of the reactivity determination techniques to obtain accurate reactivity values beyond the limits of the point kinetics model. The results of the validation of this methodology against the experimental results obtained in the VENUS-F reactor will also be discussed.

Published
2014

33. Operation of the versatile accelerator driving the low power ADS GUINEVERE at SCK.CEN

Author

Baylac, M., Billebaud, A., Boge, P., Bondoux, D., Bouvier, J., Chabod, S., Dargaud, G., Froidefond, E., Labussière, E., Micoud, R., Rey, S., Kochetkov, A., Mertens, J., Gestel, F., Grieken, C., Houdt, B., Vittiglio, G., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Lehaut, G., Nathalie Marie, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph]
Abstract

TUPOL07; International audience;

Published
2014

34. Operation of the GENEPI-3C accelerator for the ADS mock-up GUINEVERE

Author

Froidefond, E., Baylac, M., Billebaud, A., Boge, P., Bondoux, D., Bouvier, J., Cabanel, T., Chabod, S., Dargaud, G., Heusch, M., Kochetkov, A., Labussière, E., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Lehaut, G., Nathalie Marie, Mertens, J., Micoud, R., Gestel, F., Grieken, C., Houdt, B., Vittiglio, G., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Vernay, Emmanuelle

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph]
Abstract

SCK-CEN (2014) ISBN 9781629938288; International audience

Published
2013

35. Operation of the accelerator driving the VENUS-F core for the low power ADS experiments Guinevere and FREYA at SCK-CEN

Author

Baylac, M., Billebaud, A., Boge, P., Bondoux, D., Bouvier, J., Cabanel, T., Chabod, S., Dargaud, G., Froidefond, E., Heusch, M., Kochetkov, A., Labussière, E., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Lehaut, G., Nathalie Marie, Mertens, J., Micoud, R., Gestel, F., Grieken, C., Houdt, B., Vittiglio, G., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph]
Abstract

International audience; GUINEVERE and FREYA are European projects devoted to experimental studies ofaccelerator-driven system feasibility. They are mainly dedicated to on-line reactivitymonitoring, subcriticality determination and operational procedures. An experimentalreactor of SCK•CEN (Belgium) modified into a fast lead core, VENUS-F, is coupled to aversatile accelerator-driven neutron source developed by CNRS/IN2P3 (France) driving thereactor in different modes. A deuteron beam is provided by an electrostatic acceleratorwith a time structure driven solely by the ion source. The deuteron ions are accelerated(220 keV) onto a tritiated target located at the centre of the reactor core, creating neutronsby T(d,n) 4 He reactions. This paper describes the design and commissioning of the facilityand reports on the operation of the accelerator coupled to the reactor.

Published
2013

36. Current progress and future plans of the FREYA Project

Author

Kochetkov, A., Baeten, P., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Doligez, X., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Lehaut, G., Nathalie Marie, Mellier, F., Thyébault, H. E., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Ban, G., Dessagne, P., Kerveno, M., Mercatali, L., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Guesnon, Sandrine

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; Reactor physics experiments are required for the design of a Fast Spectrum TransmutationExperimental Facility MYRRHA/FASTEF working in subcritical mode and in critical mode.Reactor physics experiments aim to validate a methodology for on-line subcriticalitymonitoring. For this purpose, building on the former activities accomplished in the previousFP6 project GUINEVERE, investigations on the subcritical VENUS-F (lead/uranium) corescoupled with the GENEPI-3C accelerator will be extended. This activity has been planned inwithin the framework of the on-going FREYA (Fast Reactor Experiments for hYbridApplications) FP7 project. This paper presents the current progress of the project and thefuture plans.

Published
2013

37. Reactivity monitoring using the area method for the subcritical VENUS-F core within the framework of the FREYA Project

Author

Nathalie Marie, Lehaut, G., Lecouey, J. L., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Doligez, X., Lecolley, F. R., Kochetkov, A., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Mellier, F., Ban, G., Thyébault, H. E., Villamarin, D., Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS) could be employed to incinerate minor actinides and so partly contribute to answer the problem of nuclear waste management. An ADS consists of the coupling of a subcritical fast reactor to a particle accelerator via a heavy material spallation target. The on-line reactivity monitoring of such an ADS is a serious issue regarding its safety. In order to study the methodology of this monitoring, zero-power experimentswere undertaken at the GUINEVERE facility within the framework of the FP6-IP-EUROTRANS programme. Such experiments have been under completion within the FREYA FP7 project. The GUINEVERE facility is hosted at the SCK-CEN site in Mol (Belgium). It couples the VENUS-F subcritical fast core with the GENEPI-3C accelerator. The latter delivers a beam of deuterons, which are converted into 14-MeV neutrons via fusion reactions on a tritiated target. This paper presents one of the investigated methods for ADS on-line reactivity monitoring which has to be validated in the program of the FREYA project. It describes the results obtained when Pulsed Neutron Source experiments are analysed using the so called Area Method, in order to estimate the reactivity of a few sub-critical configurations of the VENUS-F reactor, around keff= 0.96. First the GUINEVERE facility is described. Then, following general considerations on the Area method, the results of its application to the neutron population time decrease spectra measured after a pulse by several fission chambers spread out over the whole reactor are discussed. Finally the reactivity values extracted are compared to the static reactivity values obtained using the Modified Source Multiplication (MSM) method., Comment: International Workshop on Technology and Components of Accelerator Driven Systems (TCADS) OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nantes : France (2013)

Published
2013

38. Analysis of prompt decay experiments for ADS reactivity monitoring at VENUS-F GUINEVERE facility

Author

Chabod, S., Doligez, X., Lehaut, G., Billebaud, A., Lecouey, J. L., Lecolley, F. R., Nathalie Marie, Kochetkov, A., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Mellier, F., Ban, G., Thyébault, H. E., Villamarin, D., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2013

39. An alternative source Jerk method implementation for the subcriticality estimation of the Venus-F subcritical core in the FREYA project

Author

Kochetkov, A., Ban, G., Baeten, P., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Doligez, X., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Lehaut, G., Nathalie Marie, Mellier, F., Thyébault, H. E., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Guesnon, Sandrine

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Published
2013

41. The GUINEVERE Experiment: first PNS measurements in a lead moderated sub-critical fast core

Author

Thyébault, H. E., Baeten, P., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Kochetkov, A., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Lehaut, G., Nathalie Marie, Mellier, F., Uyttenhove, W., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Ban, G., Dessagne, P., Kerveno, M., Steckmeyer, J. C., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), GUINEVERE, and Vernay, Emmanuelle

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

Item ID: 700368 / ISBN: 978-0-89448-091-1; International audience

Published
2012

42. Detector positioning for the initial subcriticality level determination in Accelerator-Driven Systems

Author

Uyttenhove, W., Den Eynde, G., Baeten, P., Kochetkov, A., Vittiglio, G., Wagemans, J., Lathouwers, D., Kloosterman, J. L., Hagen, T. J. H. H., Wols, F., Billebaud, A., Chabod, S., Thyebault, H. E., Lecouey, J. L., Ban, G., Lecolley, F. R., Nathalie Marie, Steckmeyer, J. C., Dessagne, P., Kerveno, M., Mellier, F., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Vernay, Emmanuelle

Subjects
Hardware_MEMORYSTRUCTURES, [PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Hardware_CONTROLSTRUCTURESANDMICROPROGRAMMING, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

CD Rom, paper 299

Published
2012

43. Report on the detection and acquisition systems at NFS

Author

Ledoux, X., Eric Bauge, Belier, G., Caillaud, T., Chatillon, A., Granier, T., Landoas, O., Taïeb, J., Rossé, B., Thfoin, I., Varignon, C., Blideanu, V., Doré, D., Gunsing, F., Panebianco, S., Ridikas, D., Takibayev, A., Aïche, M., Barreau, G., Czajkowski, S., Jurado, B., Ban, G., Lecolley, F. R., Lecolley, J. F., Lecouey, J. L., Nathalie Marie, Steckmeyer, J. C., Dessagne, P., Kerveno, M., Rudolf, G., Bem, P., Majerle, M., Mrazek, J., Novak, J., Simeckova, E., Gustavsson, C., Pomp, S., Fischer, U., Klix, K., Simakov, S. P., Jacquot, B., Farget, F., Wieleczko, J. P., Perrot, L., Tassan-Got, L., Avrigeanu, M., Avrigeanu, V., Borcea, C., Negoita, F., Petrascu, M., Oberstedt, S., Plompen, A. J. M., Muriel Fallot, Lydie Giot, Smith, G., Tsekhanovich, I., Olivier Serot, Balanzat, E., Ban-D État, B., Guillous, S., Ramillon, J. M., Oberstedt, A., Sublet, J. C., DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique (CIMAP - UMR 6252), Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (IRMA), Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences appliquées Rouen Normandie (INSA Rouen Normandie), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), and Normandie Université (NU)

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Published
2012

45. Some highlights of experimental ADS programs in Europe

Author

Baylac, M., Aït Abderrahim, H., Baeten, P., Ban, G., Bergmans, G., Billebaud, A., Bondoux, D., Bouvier, J., Chabod, S., Conto, J. M., Dessagne, P., Froidefond, E., Gaudiot, G., Gautier, J. M., Granget, G., Heitz, G., Kerveno, M., Kochetkov, A., Laune, B., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Nathalie Marie, Mellier, F., Merrer, Y., Nuttin, A., Reynet, D., Steckmeyer, J. C., Uyttenhove, W., Vandeplassche, D., Vermeersch, F., Vittiglio, G., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), GUINEVERE, Vernay, Emmanuelle, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2010

46. The Guinevere project at the VENUS-F Facility

Author

Baeten, P., Ait Abderrahim, H., Bergmans, G., Kochetkov, A., Uyttenhove, W., Vandeplassche, D., Vermeersch, F., Vittiglio, G., Ban, G., Baylac, M., Billebaud, A., Bondoux, D., Bouvier, J., Chabod, S., Conto, J. M., Dessagne, P., Gaudiot, G., Gautier, J. M., Heitz, G., Kerveno, M., Laune, B., Lecouey, J. L., Lecolley, F. R., Nathalie Marie, Merrer, Y., Nuttin, A., Reynet, D., Steckmeyer, J. C., Mellier, F., Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), GUINEVERE, Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries), ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

https://www.euronuclear.org/events/enc/enc2010/transactions/ENC2010-transactions-wed.pdf; International audience

Published
2010

47. Effective delayed neutron fraction measurement in the critical VENUS-F reactor using noise techniques

Author

Doligez, X., primary, Billebaud, A., additional, Chabod, S., additional, Chevret, T., additional, Fourmentel, D., additional, Krasa, A., additional, Kochetkov, A., additional, Lecolley, F. R., additional, Lecouey, J. L., additional, Lehaut, G., additional, Marie, N., additional, Mellier, F., additional, Vittiglio, G., additional, and Wagemans, J., additional

Published
2015
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48. The Neutrons for Science Facility at SPIRAL-2

Author

Ledoux, X., Aiche, M., Avrigeanu, M., Avrigeanu, V., Audouin, L., Balanzat, E., Ban-detat, B., Ban, G., Barreau, G., Bauge, E., Belier, G., Bem, P., Blideanu, V., Borcea, C., Bouffard, S., Caillaud, T., Chatillon, A., Czajkowski, S., Dessagne, P., Dore, D., Fallot, M., Farget, F., Fischer, U., Giot, L., Granier, T., Guillous, S., Gunsing, F., Gustavsson, Cecilia, Jacquot, B., Jansson, Kaj, Jurado, B., Kerveno, M., Klix, A., Landoas, O., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Majerle, M., Marie, N., Materna, T., Mrazek, J., Negoita, F., Novak, J., Oberstedt, S., Oberstedt, A., Panebianco, S., Perrot, L., Plompen, A. J. M., Pomp, Stephan, Ramillon, J. M., Ridikas, D., Rosse, B., Rudolf, G., Serot, O., Simakov, S. P., Simeckova, E., Smith, A. G., Sublet, J. C., Taieb, J., Tassan-Got, L., Tarrio, D., Takibayev, A., Thfoin, I., Tsekhanovich, I., Varignon, C., Ledoux, X., Aiche, M., Avrigeanu, M., Avrigeanu, V., Audouin, L., Balanzat, E., Ban-detat, B., Ban, G., Barreau, G., Bauge, E., Belier, G., Bem, P., Blideanu, V., Borcea, C., Bouffard, S., Caillaud, T., Chatillon, A., Czajkowski, S., Dessagne, P., Dore, D., Fallot, M., Farget, F., Fischer, U., Giot, L., Granier, T., Guillous, S., Gunsing, F., Gustavsson, Cecilia, Jacquot, B., Jansson, Kaj, Jurado, B., Kerveno, M., Klix, A., Landoas, O., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Majerle, M., Marie, N., Materna, T., Mrazek, J., Negoita, F., Novak, J., Oberstedt, S., Oberstedt, A., Panebianco, S., Perrot, L., Plompen, A. J. M., Pomp, Stephan, Ramillon, J. M., Ridikas, D., Rosse, B., Rudolf, G., Serot, O., Simakov, S. P., Simeckova, E., Smith, A. G., Sublet, J. C., Taieb, J., Tassan-Got, L., Tarrio, D., Takibayev, A., Thfoin, I., Tsekhanovich, I., and Varignon, C.

Abstract

The Neutrons For Science (NFS) facility is a component of SPIRAL-2 laboratory under construction at Caen (France). SPIRAL-2 is dedicated to the production of high intensity Radioactive Ions Beams (RIB). It is based on a high-power linear accelerator (LINAG) to accelerate deuterons beams in order to produce neutrons by breakup reactions on a C converter. These neutrons will induce fission in U-238 for production of radioactive isotopes. Additionally to the RIB production, the proton and deuteron beams delivered by the accelerator will be used in the NFS facility. NFS is composed of a pulsed neutron beam and irradiation stations for cross-section measurements and material studies. The beams delivered by the LINAG will allow producing intense neutron beams in the 100 keV-40 MeV energy range with either a continuous or quasi-mono-energetic spectrum. At NFS available average fluxes will be up to 2 orders of magnitude higher than those of other existing time-of-flight facilities in the 1 MeV - 40 MeV range. NFS will be a very powerful tool for fundamental physics and application related research in support of the transmutation of nuclear waste, design of future fission and fusion reactors, nuclear medicine or test and development of new detectors. The facility and its characteristics are described, and several examples of the first potential experiments are presented.

Published
2014
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49. GUINEVERE: Construction of a Zero-Power Pb ADS at Mol

Author

Billebaud, A., Baeten, P., Aït Abderrahim, H., Ban, G., Baylac, M., Bergmans, G., Bondoux, D., Bouvier, J., Chabod, S., Conto, J. M., Dessagne, P., Gaudiot, G., Gautier, J. M., Granget, G., Heitz, G., Kerveno, M., Kochetkov, A., Laune, B., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Nathalie Marie, Mellier, F., Merrer, Y., Nuttin, A., Reynet, D., Steckmeyer, J. C., Vandeplassche, D., Vermeersch, F., Vittiglio, G., Vernay, Emmanuelle, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and GUINEVERE

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph]
Abstract

International audience; The GUINEVERE project is running since 2007 and is part of the EUROTRANS Integrated Project of the 6th EURATOM Framework Programme. It consists first in the construction of a lead fast ADS mock-up at SCK-CEN Mol (Belgium) for the purpose of ADS subcriticality monitoring experiments, and beyond in support to the design of a Transmutation Experimental Facility (MYRRHA/FASTEF). To do so the VENUS reactor (SCK-CEN) will be coupled with a new GENEPI neutron source under construction by CNRS (France). To accommodate this new source (a 250 keV deuteron accelerator) in a vertical coupling configuration, the VENUS building is being heightened. In parallel the reactor core is being modified to be loaded with fuel assemblies made of enriched Uranium and solid Lead moderator pins, and hold radial and axial Lead reflectors. A new safety and control rod system is also under development. The new GENEPI-3C neutron source is designed to be operated in pulsed mode but also in continuous mode to investigate the current-to-flux reactivity indicator in representative conditions of a powerful ADS. In this latter mode it will be also possible to make short beam interruptions at a fixed frequency to have access to the neutron population decrease as a function of time. The vertical beam line will have the distinctive feature to be retractile, allowing target changing or complete removal (for critical configuration for example). The accelerator will be first completely assembled at LPSC Grenoble for beam characterization before to be transferred in Mol. We will present in this paper the status of this experimental facility assembling, and foreseen experimental programmes in the framework of fast transmutation system studies.

Published
2009

50. The GUINEVERE Project for Accelerator Driven System Physics

Author

Billebaud, A., Baeten, P., Aït Abderrahim, H., Ban, G., Baylac, M., Bergmans, G., Bondoux, D., Bouvier, J., Chabod, S., Conto, J. M., Dessagne, P., Gaudiot, G., Gautier, J. M., Granget, G., Heitz, G., Kerveno, M., Kochetkov, A., Laune, B., Lecolley, F. R., Lecouey, J. L., Nathalie Marie, Mellier, F., Merrer, Y., Nuttin, A., Reynet, D., Steckmeyer, J. C., Uyttenhove, W., Vandeplassche, D., Vermeersch, F., Vittiglio, G., Vernay, Emmanuelle, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph]
Abstract

paper 9414; International audience; The GUINEVERE project is part of the EUROTRANS Integrated Project of the 6th EURATOM Framework Programme. It is mainly devoted to ADS on-line reactivity monitoring validation, sub-criticality determination and operational procedures (loading, start-up, shut-down, ...) as a follow-up of the MUSE experiments. The project consists in coupling a fast lead core, set-up in the VENUS reactor at SCK*CEN Mol (B), with a GENEPI neutron source under construction by CNRS. To accommodate the accelerator in a vertical coupling configuration, the VENUS building is being heightened. The fast core will be loaded with enriched Uranium and will be moderated and reflected with solid lead (zero power experiment). For the purpose of the experimental programme, the neutron source has to be operated not only in pulsed mode but also in continuous mode to investigate the current-to-flux reactivity indicator in representative conditions of a powerful ADS. In this latter mode it is also required to make short beam interruptions to have access to the neutron population decrease as a function of time: from this spectrum it will be possible to apply different analysis techniques such as "prompt decay" fitting techniques and "source jerk" techniques. Beam interruptions will be repeated at a programmable frequency to improve time spectra statistics. Different sub-criticality levels (keff=0.99, 0.97, 0.95, ...) will be investigated in order to obtain a full set of data points for the final overall validation of the methodology. This paper describes the status of the experimental facility assembling, and the foreseen experimental programme to be started.

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2009

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