Lightweight neutron detector. [Patent application]

Patent · Mon Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6533064

Young, C A; Geehood, B D; Silva, D M

A neutron detector is disclosed which uses the moderating material as the structural support for the neutron detector element. A thin metal liner is affixed to the inside of the plastic moderating material encasement for containing a neutron detecting gas. A high voltage supply is connected to an electrical conductor which extends between the ends of the encasement and serves to furnish output pulses to a pulse counter upon the occurrence of ionization of the counting gas in response to neutron flux through the volume of the detector.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO (USA)
• Assignee: EDB-83-044085
• OSTI ID: 6533064
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NEUTRON DETECTORS
DESIGN
BORON COMPOUNDS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS
FLUORIDES
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IONIZATION
METALS
POLYPROPYLENE
PULSES
SUPPORTS
TRITIUM
VOLUME
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
POLYMERS
POLYOLEFINS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
440101* - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments