用于测量ICF靶丸内氚活度的电离室的设计

设计了一种可测量ICF靶内氚含量的圆柱电离室。密封部件的设计抛弃了传统的橡胶密封而采用全金属密封, 以消除橡胶、 塑料对氚的强吸附性产生的电离室污染。为防止氚扩散污染电离室的内壁， 内壁镀上一层2 μm的Au膜。在中心电极和外电极间引入保护电极以降低低水平放射性测量时的电极漏电流。保护电极和中心电极间的绝缘材料， 以及保护电极和外电极间的绝缘材料分别选择绝缘性好、 耐高温的蓝宝石和Al2O3陶瓷。另外， 基于对ICF靶参数测量的特殊要求， 在电离室中设计了一个压碎靶丸释放氚的装置。最后， 通过物理建模和复合损失计算， 得到了优化的电离室参数。A cylindrical ionization chamber was designed for the measurement of the tritium at the level enclosed in inertial confinement fusion(ICF) targets. In stead of the conventional rubber seals, the metallic seals was adopted to reduce the chamber contamination caused by the strong tritium absorption of rubber and plastics. A 2 μm thick Au layer was plated on the inner wall of the chamber to avoid the contamination due to tritium diffusion in the chamber. The protective electrode was introduced to reduce the leakage current when measuring the low level radioactivity. Sapphire was employed as an insulator between the protective electrode and central electrode, while Al2O3 ceramic was used in between the protective electrode and the external electrode. In addition, to meet the specific requirements on the measurement of ICF targets’ parameters, a component used to crash the target to release tritium was designed in the chamber. Finally, the optimal chamber parameters were obtained in terms of physics modeling and combination loss computation.

Design of Ionization Chamber Used to Measure Activity of Tritium Enclosed in ICF Targets

A cylindrical ionization chamber was designed for the measurement of the tritium at the level enclosed in inertial confinement fusion(ICF) targets. In stead of the conventional rubber seals, the metallic seals was adopted to reduce the chamber contamination caused by the strong tritium absorption of rubber and plastics. A 2 μm thick Au layer was plated on the inner wall of the chamber to avoid the contamination due to tritium diffusion in the chamber. The protective electrode was introduced to reduce the leakage current when measuring the low level radioactivity. Sapphire was employed as an insulator between the protective electrode and central electrode, while Al2O3 ceramic was used in between the protective electrode and the external electrode. In addition, to meet the specific requirements on the measurement of ICF targets’ parameters, a component used to crash the target to release tritium was designed in the chamber. Finally, the optimal chamber parameters were obtained in terms of physics modeling and combination loss computation.