Design and development of a 3He replacement safeguards neutron counter based on 10B-lined proportional detector technology

Conference · Mon Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1046518

Henzlova, Daniela ^[1]; Evans, Louise ^[1]; Menlove, Howard O ^[1]; Swinhoe, Martyn T ^[1]; Rael, Carlos D ^[1]; Martinez, Isaac P ^[1]; Marlow, Johnna B ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

This presentation represents an overview of the experimental evaluation of a boron-lined proportional technology performed within an NA-241 sponsored project on testing of boron-lined proportional counters for the purpose of replacement of {sup 3}He technologies. The presented boron-lined technology will be utilized in a design of a full scale safeguards neutron coincidence counter. The design considerations and the Monte Carlo performance predictions for the counter are also presented.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/LANL
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1046518
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-12-23019; TRN: US1203784
• Resource Relation: Conference: 53rd annual INMM meeting ; 2012-07-16 - 2012-07-19 ; Orlando, Florida, United States
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
DESIGN
EVALUATION
NEUTRONS
PERFORMANCE
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
SAFEGUARDS
TESTING