Description
Poster Session
Concrete is extensively within just about all nuclear facilities for its structural and shielding properties. In a re used actor facility, for example, the concrete will be subjected to high neutron and gamma-ray fluxes for the lifetime of the reactor (60+ years), and must retain is mechanical integrity and shielding properties at an acceptable level until decommissioning. Beyond the typical...
Neutron fields are found in a variety of industries such as high energy accelerators, and in medical radiation facilities. These fields vary widely with respect to energy, type of radiation and fluence. Neutron energy spectra are typically measured using Bonner sphere detector systems. Systems based on scintillator detectors provide better energy resolution and a number of other advantages. A...
Reactions induced by beams of light ions such as protons, deuterons, $^{3}$He and ⍺ particles have been the main tool for investigating nuclear properties for almost a century. In recent years such reactions have been used to measure the nuclear level density (NLD) and the 𝛾-ray strength function (𝛾SF) [1]. These quantities have been identified as one of the key quantities in proper...
The progressive development of the scintillator detectors has made it possible to do direct electronic lifetime determination. The 2” x 2” LaBr3:Ce detectors provide a combination of excellent time resolution and good energy resolution. With these detectors it is possible to perform direct lifetime measurements of excited nuclear states up to a few hundred picoseconds. Six 2” x 2”...
The Physics academic community in South Africa is historically small with an increasing number of postgraduate students taking Masters and PhD. The University of the Western Cape (UWC) consist diverse student bodies, mainly supporting students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds in South Africa [1]. The nuclear physics group at UWC has research interests in nuclear physics which...
