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Performance of Boron-10 based Neutron Coincidence Counters
Description
Helium-3 gas-filled detectors have been used in neutron coincidence counting for non-destructive assay for over 30 years. With the current shortage of 3He gas, GE's Reuter-Stokes business developed a 10B lined proportional counter and a 10B hybrid coincidence counter, in which a small amount of 3He is added to a 10B detector to enhance the neutron sensitivity. GE's Reuter-Stokes business modelled, designed, built and tested prototype coincidence counters using the 10B lined detectors and the 10B hybrid detectors. We will present these systems and their applications for non-destructive assay. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Symposium on International Safeguards: Linking Strategy, Implementation and People. Book of Abstracts, Presentations and Papers
- Imprint Pagination
- 491 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 419
- Report number
- IAEA-CN--220
Conference
- Title
- Linking Strategy, Implementation and People
- Acronym
- 12. Symposium on International Safeguards
- Dates
- 20-24 Oct 2014
- Place
- Vienna (Austria)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46081522
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COINCIDENCE METHODS; DESIGN; HELIUM 3; NEUTRONS; PERFORMANCE; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; SENSITIVITY
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STABLE ISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- S32: NDA Measurements III: Neutron Measurements
- Secondary number(s)
- CN--220-329; S32--01