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Geological work begins on Poland’s first nuclear plant
Project management firm Bechtel started site geological surveys for Poland’s first nuclear power plant project, the company announced on Wednesday.
Bechtel will conduct in-depth geological surveys at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in the Pomeranian municipality of Choczewo, in northern Poland. This is a key milestone for the country’s entry into nuclear power production, as the surveys will inform the suitability of the planned site.
C. V. Midhun, M. M. Musthafa, Shaima Akbar, Swapna Lilly Cyriac, S. Sajeev, Antony Joseph, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. Ganesan
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 194 | Number 3 | March 2020 | Pages 207-212
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2019.1681210
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Recoiled Compton electrons of 180 deg have been utilized to measure the energy distribution of high-intensity bremsstrahlung. An optimized detector-collimator configuration was used for detection and spectrum measurement of recoiled electrons. The spectrum has been reconstructed using Compton cross sections retrieved from the ENDF/B.VIII.0 library. The measured spectrum has been further validated using theoretical simulation by the Geant4 code with incorporating ENDF/B-VIII.0–recommended cross sections. The simulated spectrum matches the measured spectrum if the spatial spread and energy spread of the electron beam are accounted for in the simulations.