Neutron flux profile monitor for use in a fission reactor

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:864697

Kopp, Manfred K ^[1]; Valentine, Kenneth H ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN
2. Lenoir City, TN

A neutron flux monitor is provided which consists of a plurality of fission counters arranged as spaced-apart point detectors along a delay line. As a fission event occurs in any one of the counters, two delayed current pulses are generated at the output of the delay line. The time separation of the pulses identifies the counter in which the particular fission event occured. Neutron flux profiles of reactor cores can be more accurately measured as a result.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Assignee: Kopp, Manfred K. (Oak Ridge, TN);Valentine, Kenneth H. (Lenoir City, TN)
• Patent Number(s): US 4404164
• OSTI ID: 864697
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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