Open AccessSimulation of vanadium-48 production using MCNPX code
Author(s) -
Mahdi Sadeghi,
Mahbobeh Mahmodi,
T. Kakavand,
Claudio Tenreiro
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nuclear technology and radiation protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1452-8185
pISSN - 1451-3994
DOI - 10.2298/ntrp1203269s
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , vanadium , irradiation , materials science , titanium , radionuclide , proton , radiochemistry , nuclear engineering , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , nuclear physics , composite material , physics , metallurgy , engineering
Vanadium-48 was produced through the irradiation of the natural titanium target via the natTi(p, xn)48V reaction. The titanium target was irradiated at 1 mA current and by a 21 MeV proton beam for 4 hours. In this paper, the activity of 48V, 43Sc, and 46Sc radionuclides and the efficacy of the 47Ti(p, g), 48Ti(p, n), and 49Ti(p, 2n) channel reactions to form 48V radionuclide were determined using MCNPX code. Furthermore, the experimental activity of 48V was compared with the estimated value for the thick target yield produced in the irradiation time according to MCNPX code. Good agreement between production yield of the 48V and the simulation yield was observed. In conclusion, MCNPX code can be used for the estimation of the production yield