Simulations of a parallel plate Fission Chamber using the MCNPX simulation code

Ludovic Mathieu (1) , Mourad Aiche (1)

1 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan

MCNPX in its latest version is able to simulate the transportation of Fission Fragments. It opens the door to Fission Chamber simulations. Such simulations are not straightforward and comparisons with experimental spectra often failed. A procedure is described in the present paper to perform such simulation and to process the result to obtain realistic spectra. Simulated spectra are compared with experimental ones in various different conditions to validate the method and to present its limitations

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]

Ludovic Mathieu, Mourad Aiche. Simulations of a parallel plate Fission Chamber using the MCNPX simulation code. 2019. ⟨hal-02397210⟩