A prompt gamma-ray neutron activation (PGNA) system was simulated by the Monte Carlo N-Particle transport code (MCNP-4A) to estimate the level at which the scattered photon fluence rate, the absolute efficiency of the HPGe-detector, the volume of the concrete sample and the 35Cl(n,γ) reaction rate in this sample contribute to the count rate in the NaCl concentration measurement. The n-γ fluence rates at the ST-2 beam tube exit of the HANARO reactor were used as input data, and the GAMMA-X type HPGe detector was modeled to tally 1.1649 MeV γ-rays emitted from the 35Cl(n,γ) reaction in the concrete sample. For three cylindrical concrete samples of 13.8, 46.8 and 157.1 cm3 volumes, respectively, the relations between the NaCl weight fractions of 0.1, 1, 2 and 5 % in each of the concrete samples and the 1.1649 MeV pulses created in the HPGe detector model were studied. As a result, it was found that the count rate at the same NaCl concentration nearly depends on the volume of the samples in a simulated condition of the same NaCl concentration samples, and that the linearities of the NaCl concentration calibration curves were reasonable in the narrow range of the NaCl weight fraction.

• Hyeon-Soo Kim(Department of Physics, Kyonggi University) Corresponding Author