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Title: Neutron and gamma detector using an ionization chamber with an integrated body and moderator

Abstract

A detector for detecting neutrons and gamma radiation includes a cathode that defines an interior surface and an interior volume. A conductive neutron-capturing layer is disposed on the interior surface of the cathode and a plastic housing surrounds the cathode. A plastic lid is attached to the housing and encloses the interior volume of the cathode forming an ionization chamber, into the center of which an anode extends from the plastic lid. A working gas is disposed within the ionization chamber and a high biasing voltage is connected to the cathode. Processing electronics are coupled to the anode and process current pulses which are converted into Gaussian pulses, which are either counted as neutrons or integrated as gammas, in response to whether pulse amplitude crosses a neutron threshold. The detector according to the invention may be readily fabricated into single or multilayer detector arrays.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1175840
Patent Number(s):
7078705
Application Number:
10/677,040
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2003 Sep 30
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Ianakiev, Kiril D., Swinhoe, Martyn T., and Lestone, John Paul. Neutron and gamma detector using an ionization chamber with an integrated body and moderator. United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
Ianakiev, Kiril D., Swinhoe, Martyn T., & Lestone, John Paul. Neutron and gamma detector using an ionization chamber with an integrated body and moderator. United States.
Ianakiev, Kiril D., Swinhoe, Martyn T., and Lestone, John Paul. Tue . "Neutron and gamma detector using an ionization chamber with an integrated body and moderator". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175840.
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