System and method for neutron and gamma radiation detection using non-homogeneous material scintillator

Brodsky, Jason Philip; Bowden, Nathaniel Sean

System and method for neutron and gamma radiation detection using non-homogeneous material scintillator

Patent · Tue Aug 27 04:00:00 EDT 2024

OSTI ID:2542535

Brodsky, Jason Philip; Bowden, Nathaniel Sean

The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting incoming radiation having a plurality of differing properties including at least one of differing types, differing energies or differing incoming directions. The method involves using a scintillator structure formed from first and second dissimilar scintillator materials, where the first and second dissimilar scintillator materials emit first and second different colors of light in response to the incoming radiation. A first light detector is used for detecting light having the first color, and a second light detector is used for detecting light having the second color. A first output signal is generated in response to the detection of light having the first color, and a second output signal is generated in response to detecting light having the second color. The first and second output signals are then analyzed to determine at least one property of the incoming radiation.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 12,072,453

Application Number:: 17/845,322

OSTI ID:: 2542535

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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