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The epithermal beamline at the Portuguese Research Reactor is being optimized for Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA). One of the major changes is to thermalise the beam by the introduction of a sapphire crystal into the beamline. Placing the sapphire at the exit of the beamline would greatly reduce the alterations and work necessary to the port and make the crystal easily removable. However, the scattered neutrons from the sapphire would increase both the neutron-induced detector damage and the background radiation. MCNPX was used to simulate the crystal in the beam port and at the exit of the port.
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Beasley, D.G., Alghamdi, A., Freitas, M.C. et al. Simulating the introduction of a sapphire crystal into an epithermal neutron beamline. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 281, 307–311 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-009-0096-5
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