Neutronics investgation of subcritical systems at the Yalina facility

  • Hanna I. Kiyavitskaya International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, 23/1 Daйhabrodskaja Street, Minsk 220070, Belarus

Abstract

The present work focuses on short description of the research on neutronics of subcritical system at the subcritical facility «YALINA». This work yields a number of innovative results: (a) provides argumentation for the concept of using low-energy accelerators (cyclotrons, neutron generators) for studying physics and kinetics of subcritical systems driven by high-energy particles accelerators; (b) shows the creation of a new functioning subcritical facility consisting of two sub-critical assemblies, a neutron generator, a measurement complex, and a life-support system. The «YALINA» facility is a unique system that has no equivalent across the world. It can be used to obtain reliable experimental data, i.e. a catalogue, that is indispensable for elaborating a technical design for an innovative industrial prototype of a subcritical reactor (accelerator-driven system, aka ADS).

Author Biography

Hanna I. Kiyavitskaya, International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, 23/1 Daйhabrodskaja Street, Minsk 220070, Belarus

Doctor of science (physics and mathematics); head of the department of nuclear and radiation safe.

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Published
2020-04-13
Keywords: subcritical systems, neutronics, transmutation, reaction rates, subcritical facility, nuclear fuel cycle, ecology problems
How to Cite
Kiyavitskaya, H. I. (2020). Neutronics investgation of subcritical systems at the Yalina facility. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology, 3, 41-50. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/ecology/article/view/2986
Issue
No 3 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology
Section
Radioecology and Radiobiology, Radiation Safety

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