Modelling Tritium Production and Release at High-Energy Proton Accelerators
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| author | Georgobiani, Dali Ginter, Thomas Makovec, Alajos Rakhno, Igor Strait, Matthew Tropin, Igor |
| author_facet | Georgobiani, Dali Ginter, Thomas Makovec, Alajos Rakhno, Igor Strait, Matthew Tropin, Igor |
| contents | Tritium is a well-known byproduct of particle accelerator operations. To keep levels of tritium below regulatory limits, tritium production is actively monitored and managed at Fermilab. We plan to study tritium production in the targets, beamline components, and shielding elements of the Fermilab facilities such as NuMI, BNB, and MI-65. To facilitate the analysis, we construct a simple model and use three Monte Carlo radiation codes, FLUKA, MARS, and PHITS, to estimate the amount of tritium produced in these facilities. The analysis could also serve as an intercomparison between these code results related to tritium production. To assess the actual amounts of tritium that would be released from various materials, we employ a semi-empirical diffusion model. The results of this analysis are compared to experimental data whenever possible. This approach also helps to optimize proposed target materials with respect to the tritium production and release. |
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| spellingShingle | Modelling Tritium Production and Release at High-Energy Proton Accelerators Georgobiani, Dali Ginter, Thomas Makovec, Alajos Rakhno, Igor Strait, Matthew Tropin, Igor Accelerator Physics Tritium is a well-known byproduct of particle accelerator operations. To keep levels of tritium below regulatory limits, tritium production is actively monitored and managed at Fermilab. We plan to study tritium production in the targets, beamline components, and shielding elements of the Fermilab facilities such as NuMI, BNB, and MI-65. To facilitate the analysis, we construct a simple model and use three Monte Carlo radiation codes, FLUKA, MARS, and PHITS, to estimate the amount of tritium produced in these facilities. The analysis could also serve as an intercomparison between these code results related to tritium production. To assess the actual amounts of tritium that would be released from various materials, we employ a semi-empirical diffusion model. The results of this analysis are compared to experimental data whenever possible. This approach also helps to optimize proposed target materials with respect to the tritium production and release. |
| title | Modelling Tritium Production and Release at High-Energy Proton Accelerators |
| topic | Accelerator Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18310 |