Active interrogation source based on deuteron reactions

Simulations of secondary neutron and gamma-ray production from the
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B(d,n)
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C and
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Al(d,n)
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Si reactions were conducted using an MCNPX extension called MCUNED. MCUNED enables simulation of deuteron-based nuclear reactions. Deuteron libraries from the TENDL-2010 and TENDL-2011 packages were used. The simulated neutron and gamma-ray spectra were compared to experimental results provided by Taddeucci et al. and Massey et al. The method was found to be capable of simulating neutron production from
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B(d,n)
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C and
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Al(d,n)
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Si, and gamma-ray production from
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Al(d,n)
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Si, but not gamma-ray production from
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B(d,n)
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C. The TENDL libraries appear to be more reliable for higher mass targets because of the characteristics of the Talys code.