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A new concept of fusion neutron monitoring for PF-1000 device

Jednorog S., Laszynska E., Bienkowska B., Ziolkowski A., Paduch M., Szewczak K., Mikszuta K., Malinowski K., Bajdel M., Potrykus P.

Nukleonika

2017

Vol. 62, No. 1

17--22

The power output of plasma experiments and fusion reactors is a crucial parameter. It is determined by neutron yields that are proportional and directly related to the fusion yield. The number of emitted neutrons should be known for safety reasons and for neutron budget management. The PF-1000 is the large plasma facility based on the plasma focus phenomenon. PF-1000 is operating in the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion in Warsaw. Neutron yield changes during subsequent pulses, which is immanent part of this type device and so it must be monitored in terms of neutron emission. The reference diagnostic intended for this purpose is the silver activation counter (SAC) used for many years. Our previous studies demonstrated the applicability of radio-yttrium for neutron yield measurements during the deuterium campaign on the PF-1000 facility. The obtained results were compared with data from silver activation counter and shown linear dependence but with some protuberances in local scale. Correlation between results for both neutron monitors was maintained. But the yttrium monitor registered the fast energy neutron that reached measurement apparatus directly from the plasma pinch. Based on the preliminary experiences, the yttrium monitor was designed to automatically register neutron-induced yttrium activity. The MCNP geometrical model of PF-1000 and yttrium monitor were both used for calculation of the activation coefficient for yttrium. The yttrium monitor has been established as the permanent diagnostic for monitoring fusion reactions in the PF-1000 device.

Preliminary determination of angular distribution of neutrons emitted from PF-1000 facility by indium activation

Jednoróg S., Szydłowski A., Scholz M., Paduch M., Bienkowska B.

Nukleonika

2012

Vol. 57, No. 4

563-568

This paper presents a new method applied to measure the angular neutron emission from Plasma Focus (PF) - type deuterium discharges performed within the PF-1000 facility. Neutrons were recorded by activation of especially optimized (mass and shape) indium samples with subsequent gamma spectrometry to measure the induced activity of the samples. The neutron fluence rate on every indium sample used was determined using neutron transport calculation and measured activity of the samples.

Interferometry of the plasma focus equipped with forehead cathode

Kubeš P., Klír D., Rezac K., Paduch M., Pisarczyk T., Scholz M., Chodukowski T., Kalinowska Z., Hitschfel J., Kortanek J., Kravárik J., Ivanova-Stanik I., Bienkowska B., Karpinski L., Zielinska E., Sadowski M. J., Tomaszewski K.

Nukleonika

2012

Vol. 57, No. 2

189-192

The PF-1000 plasma-focus facility in Warsaw, equipped with Mather-type coaxial electrodes working with a deuterium filling, was modified by the addition of a cathode disk in front of the anode front-plate at a distance of 3 cm. The plasma was diagnosed with temporal resolved interferometry and neutron diagnostics. The modified electrode configuration showed an increase of the current in the pinch phase and a decrease of the total neutron yield. The lower total neutron yield is caused by a lower energy of deuterons producing the observed neutrons and by a decrease of the velocity of transformations of the structures in the pinch column.