Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry
Hydrogenous materials are of great interest in nuclear industry because of the ability of hydrogen to slow-down neutrons. In comparison with common hydrogenous materials, metal hydrides highly enriched with hydrogen at high temperatures and good mechanical properties. This study concerns on evaluati...
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description | Hydrogenous materials are of great interest in nuclear industry because of the ability of hydrogen to slow-down neutrons. In comparison with common hydrogenous materials, metal hydrides highly enriched with hydrogen at high temperatures and good mechanical properties. This study concerns on evaluation the requirements for photons, charged particles and fast neutrons shielding parameters for several types of hydride and borohydride metals. Firstly, photons shielding ability of these materials were examined using Phy-X/PSD program. Assigning the attenuation factors of photons were evaluated for an energy range (1 keV–100 GeV). Secondly, the charged particle (electron, proton and alpha particle) interactions were examined by using ESTAR (Stopping Powers and Ranges for Electrons) and SRIM (The Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter) programs. Finally, fast neutron attenuation was tested by calculating the removal cross-sections (ΣR) for neutron with energy 4.5 MeV. The dependence of photons, charged particles and fast neutrons parameters on the constituent of tested samples was given and discussed. The obtained results through this work show that, the shielding proficiency parameters depend on the energy of the incident radiation and chemical constituents of the examined materials. As well as, these results showed that BaH2, ZrH2, VH2 and TiH2 samples own a good shielding performance compared to the other investigated samples. |
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spelling | doaj.art-1d337273b4544fd28cb0f680892b31962023-06-07T04:49:25ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.International Journal of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design and Technology2468-60502023-03-01513043Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industryA.M. Osman0Jouf University, Faculty of Science and Arts at Tabarjal, Department of Physics, Post Office 207, Al Jouf, Saudi ArabiaHydrogenous materials are of great interest in nuclear industry because of the ability of hydrogen to slow-down neutrons. In comparison with common hydrogenous materials, metal hydrides highly enriched with hydrogen at high temperatures and good mechanical properties. This study concerns on evaluation the requirements for photons, charged particles and fast neutrons shielding parameters for several types of hydride and borohydride metals. Firstly, photons shielding ability of these materials were examined using Phy-X/PSD program. Assigning the attenuation factors of photons were evaluated for an energy range (1 keV–100 GeV). Secondly, the charged particle (electron, proton and alpha particle) interactions were examined by using ESTAR (Stopping Powers and Ranges for Electrons) and SRIM (The Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter) programs. Finally, fast neutron attenuation was tested by calculating the removal cross-sections (ΣR) for neutron with energy 4.5 MeV. The dependence of photons, charged particles and fast neutrons parameters on the constituent of tested samples was given and discussed. The obtained results through this work show that, the shielding proficiency parameters depend on the energy of the incident radiation and chemical constituents of the examined materials. As well as, these results showed that BaH2, ZrH2, VH2 and TiH2 samples own a good shielding performance compared to the other investigated samples.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468605023000303HydrideBorohydrideAttenuation factorsMass stopping powersRange and fast neutron removal cross-sections (ΣR) |
spellingShingle | A.M. Osman Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry International Journal of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design and Technology Hydride Borohydride Attenuation factors Mass stopping powers Range and fast neutron removal cross-sections (ΣR) |
title | Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry |
title_full | Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry |
title_fullStr | Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry |
title_short | Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry |
title_sort | analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry |
topic | Hydride Borohydride Attenuation factors Mass stopping powers Range and fast neutron removal cross-sections (ΣR) |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468605023000303 |
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