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Design, Characterization, and Simulation of a Cryogenic Irradiation Facility in the Ohio State University Research Reactor Pool

Reinke, Benjamin T

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2015, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Nuclear Engineering.
A Cryogenic Irradiation Facility (CRIF) has been designed, fabricated, and tested for use in the pool of the Ohio State University Research Reactor (OSURR). This CRIF will support in situ radiation induced damage experiments in optical and electronic materials from cryogenic temperatures and temperature controlled low temperature annealing experiments from cryogenic temperatures to above room temperature. The facility has been tested with liquid nitrogen and liquid helium out of the reactor pool. Temperature control has been demonstrated in the experimental volume of the CRIF from 4.2 K to above room temperature. The 10" Dry Tube, which will house the CRIF in the OSURR pool, has been inserted into OSURR pool and tested. The empty 10" Dry Tube and the CRIF have been simulated in a model of the OSURR using MCNP6 to understand the predicted radiation fields and total energy deposition in the empty 10" Dry Tube and in typical optical and electronic materials in the experimental volume of the CRIF. The radiation fields and the total radiation energy deposition have been used to predict experimental operating parameters for future CRIF experiments, based upon desired dose calculations and time to boil-off for the liquid helium inside the CRIF.
Thomas Blue (Advisor)
Tunc Aldemir (Committee Member)
188 p.

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  • Reinke, B. T. (2015). Design, Characterization, and Simulation of a Cryogenic Irradiation Facility in the Ohio State University Research Reactor Pool [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437746576

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Reinke, Benjamin. Design, Characterization, and Simulation of a Cryogenic Irradiation Facility in the Ohio State University Research Reactor Pool. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437746576.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Reinke, Benjamin. "Design, Characterization, and Simulation of a Cryogenic Irradiation Facility in the Ohio State University Research Reactor Pool." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437746576

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)