Active Neutron Instrumentation and Applications

M. T. Swinhoe; N. Ensslin; Louise Evans; W. H. Geist; M. S. Krick; A. L. Lousteau; R. McElroy; M. M. Pickrell; P. Rinard

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-58277-6_20

Active Neutron Instrumentation and Applications

M. T. Swinhoe, N. Ensslin, Louise Evans, W. H. Geist, M. S. Krick, A. L. Lousteau, R. McElroy, M. M. Pickrell, P. Rinard

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This chapter describes the use of active neutron instrumentation, in which an external neutron source is used to induce fission in the item of interest. The chapter includes a description of the properties of a variety of neutron sources that can be used to induce fission in the item. The application presented include single neutron counting (Cf shuffler and the differential dieaway technique) and active coincidence counting (active well coincidence counter and various neutron collars for fresh uranium fuel). The chapter concludes with a description of active neutron multiplicity counting, including the active epithermal neutron multiplicity counter.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nondestructive Assay of Nuclear Materials for Safeguards and Security, Second Edition
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	585-603
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031582776
ISBN (Print)	9783031582769
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58277-6_20
State	Published - Jan 1 2024

Keywords

244Cm
252Cf
Active neutron
Active well coincidence counter
AmBe
AmLi
AmPU
BWR
Cf shuffler
Differential dieaway
Interrogation sources
Neutron collar
Neutron generators
PWR
SbBe

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