Boron-10 Lined Proportional Counter Wall Effects

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1039851· OSTI ID:1039851

Siciliano, Edward R; Kouzes, Richard T

The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Safeguards (NA-241) is supporting the project 'Coincidence Counting With Boron-Based Alternative Neutron Detection Technology' at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for development of an alternative neutron coincidence counter. The goal of this project is to design, build and demonstrate a boron-lined proportional tube based system in the configuration of a coincidence counter. This report provides information about how variations in proportional counter radius and gas pressure in a typical coincident counter design might affect the observed signal from boron-lined tubes. A discussion comparing tubes to parallel plate counters is also included.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1039851
• Report Number(s): PNNL-21368; NN4009030; TRN: US1202279
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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