Scalable Detector Design for a High-Resolution Fast-Neutron Radiography Panel

Young, Christian X.; Browning, Chloe A.; Thurber, Ryan J.; Smalley, Matthew R.; Liesenfelt, Michael J.; Hayward, Jason P.; McFarlane, Nicole; Cooper, Michael P.; Preston, Jeff R.

doi:10.1007/s10921-023-00999-x

Scalable Detector Design for a High-Resolution Fast-Neutron Radiography Panel

Journal Article · Thu Sep 21 04:00:00 EDT 2023 · Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-023-00999-x· OSTI ID:2228847

Young, Christian X. ^[1]; Browning, Chloe A. ^[1]; Thurber, Ryan J. ^[1]; Smalley, Matthew R. ^[1]; Liesenfelt, Michael J. ^[1]; Hayward, Jason P. ^[1]; McFarlane, Nicole ^[1]; Cooper, Michael P. ^[2]; Preston, Jeff R. ^[2]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Development of a scalable flat-panel neutron radiography device is needed to meet the nondestructive testing needs of a growing industrial market. Flood field images from a Cs-137 gamma source and a Cf-252 fission neutron source were generated using a detector composed of a 3-mm-thick sheet of EJ-200, and 3-mm-thick sheet of acrylic light spreader, an 8 $$\times$$ 8 array of SensL MICROFJ-60035-TSV SiPMs, and an IDEAS ROSSPAD readout module. The readout module can be tiled together with similar systems to create a panel of any size, and is only limited by the number of available Ethernet ports in a switching system. A collimated gamma line image demonstrated a 90% spatial resolution of approximately 0.47 line pairs per centimeter and a 10% spatial resolution of approximately 2.32 line pairs per centimeter. A neutron edge image demonstrated a 90% spatial resolution of approximately 0.70 line pairs per centimeter and a 10% spatial resolution of approximately 3.35 line pairs per centimeter. Both of these images show the ability to generate radiographs with sub-SiPM spatial resolution. Using these readout modules, a large-scale radiographic panel can be developed by tiling ROSSPAD modules together.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003180

OSTI ID:: 2228847

Journal Information:: Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Journal Name: Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 42; ISSN 0195-9298

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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