BARC/PUB/09/0780

 
  Response of neutron dosimeters to pulsed neutron fields in high energy electron accelerators at Indus Complex, RRCAT  
     
 
Author(s)

Verma, Dimple; Nayak, M. K.; Dev, Vipin; Sahani, P. K.; Kumar, Vijay; Haridas, G.; Thakkar, K. K.; Kolekar, R. V.; Sarkar, P. K.; Sharma, D. N.; Rupali, R.; Jayalakshmi, V.; Chourasia, G.; Vaijapurkar, S. G.

ABSTRACT

Indus Accelerator Complex (IAC) comprises of two high energy electron accelerators namely Indus-1 SRS (450 MeV) and Indus-2 SRS (2.5 GeV). The radiation environment present is mainly due to Bremsstrahlung Photons and Photoneutrons produced due to interaction of high-energy electrons with the structural material of accelerators. Since electron beam is pulsed in nature, the radiations produced are also pulsed. The response of commonly used Rem meters is not proper in severely pulsed neutron fields at high dose rates. They tend to underestimate the actual dose. Due to this uncertainty, an attempt was made to study the response of passive integrating type detectors in the pulsed neutron fields found in high energy electron accelerators to get an idea about the ambient neutron field in IAC. The detectors used were CR-39 foils (provided by PMS, RPAD and RSSD, BARC), Bubble Detectors (provided by Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur) and Rem Meter. Neutron dose assessment in both, accessible and inaccessible areas of IAC was carried out using these detectors and the present paper gives the results, of preliminary experiments performed.

 
 
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