Present Status of Neutron Shielding Studies in Japan and Trends in Foreign Countries

Abstract

This is a report on the activities of the Research Committee on Neutron Shielding (Apr. 1970-Mar. 1973), Atomic Energy Society of Japan. The Committee studied the present status and problems in Japan and the trends in foreign countries in such fields as neutron reactor shielding, including transport calculations, duct streaming, spectroscopy, shielding optimization and cross sections for shielding calculations. Three working groups established in the Committee-Neutron Transport, Duct Streaming and Cross Section for Shielding-undertook such activities as (a) calculations of the five benchmark problems for testing computational methods in neutron transport, (b) a survey of theoretical and experimental approaches to duct streaming, and (c) intercomparison of nuclear data for particular nuclides related to shielding in data libraries such as ENDF/B-I, III, KFK-120 and -750.