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A5.2 Results of Experiments
A5.2.1 Reaction Rate Distributions
See (Figs. A5.9, A5.10, A5.11 and A5.12).
Fig. A5.9 Comparison
between the measured
reaction rates of indium wire
obtained from the Th-fueled
ADS experiment with 14
MeV neutrons for Th–PE,
Th–Gr, Th–Be, Th–HEU–PE
and NU–PE cores
(Refs.[1–2])
0
10
20
30
40
0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
Distance from
3 H target [cm]
Reaction rates [1/s/cm
3
/source]
Th-PE
Th-Gr
Th-Be
Th-HEU-PE
NU-PE
e
n
e
l
y
h
t
e
y
l
o
P
n
o
i
g
e
r
e
r
o
C
region
Fig. A5.10 Cparison
between the measured
reaction rates of indium wire
obtained from the Th-fueled
ADS experiment with 100
MeV protons for Th–PE,
Th–Gr, Th–Be, Th–HEU–PE
and NU–PE cores
(Refs.[1–2])
0
10
20
30
40
0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
Distance from boundary between (14, 13 - A, A') [cm]
Reaction rates [1/cm
3
/s/source]
Core region
Polyethylene
region
Th-PE core
Th-Gr core
Th-Be core
Th-HEU-PE core
NU-PE core