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A comparison of measured and calculated neutronic characteristics (fast neutron flux and fission rate of 235U) in the core and reflector of the IR-8 reactor is presented. The irradiation devices equipped with neutron activation detectors were prepared. The determination of fast neutron flux was performed using the 54Fe (n, p) and 58Ni (n, p) reactions. The 235U fission rate was measured using uranium dioxide with 10% enrichment in 235U. The determination of specific activities of detectors was carried out by measuring the intensity of characteristic gamma peaks using the ORTEC gamma spectrometer. Neutron fields in the core and reflector of the IR-8 reactor were calculated using the MCU-PTR code.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Surkov, V.N. Kochkin, Yu.E. Pesnya, V.A. Nasonov, V.I. Vihrov, D.Yu. Erak, 2014, published in Voprosy Atomnoi Nauki i Tekhniki. Seriya: Fizika Yadernykh Reaktorov, 2014, No. 4, pp. 34–42.
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Surkov, A.V., Kochkin, V.N., Pesnya, Y.E. et al. Experimental investigation of neutronic characteristics of the IR-8 reactor to confirm the results of calculations by MCU-PTR code. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 78, 1238–1245 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778815110162
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