Published September 21, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Neutron coincidence counter for the verification of PuO2 cans

  • 1. European Commission, Directorate General Joint Research Council, IPSC, 21020 Ispra (Italy)
  • 2. European Commission, DG-TREN-I, Directorate Nuclear Inspections (Luxembourg)

Description

A neutron coincidence counter intended for the verification of cans of PuO2 powder has been designed and optimised using the Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation code-pulse train analyser (MCNP-PTA) which simulates both the neutron transport and the coincidence electronics setup. Severe operational and physical constraints had to be taken into account in designing and optimising the counter as well as in adopting the most adequate strategy for its calibration, validation and application

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.182

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.182;
PII
S0168-9002(07)01074-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
580
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 377-379
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
10. international symposium on radiation physics
Acronym
ISRP 10
Dates
17-22 Sep 2006
Place
Coimbra (Portugal)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.