Detection of 235U in hydrogenous cargo with Differential Die-Away Analysis and optimized neutron detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 388-390

  Jordan, Kelly A ^a   Gozani, Tsahi ^b  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b Rapiscan Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential Die Away Analysis; Epithermal neutron detectors; Neutron poisons; Nuclear material detection; SNM

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; HEAT TREATMENT; NEUTRONS; OPTIMIZATION; PALLETS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

DIFFERENTIAL DIE-AWAY ANALYSIS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON POISONS; NUCLEAR MATERIAL DETECTION; SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL (SNM);

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 34547665496     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.083     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. J.T. Caldwell et al., Apparatus and method for quantitative assay of generic transuranic wastes from nuclear reactiors, United States Patent Application #363,979, 1982.
2. K.A. Jordan et al., Improving differential die-away analysis via the use of neutron poisons in detectors, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A (2007).
3. T. Gozani, High efficiency fast/epithermal neutron detector for differential die away techniques, to be published.