Neutron-flux profile monitor for use in a fission reactor

Title: Neutron-flux profile monitor for use in a fission reactor

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A neutron flux monitor is provided which consists of a plurality of fission counters arranged as spaced-apart point detectors along a delay line. As a fission event occurs in any one of the counters, two delayed current pulses are generated at the output of the delay line. The time separation of the pulses identifies the counter in which the particular fission event occurred. Neutron flux profiles of reactor cores can be more accurately measured as a result.

Inventors:: Kopp, M.K.; Valentine, K.H.

Issue Date:: 1981-09-15

OSTI Identifier:: 5275930

Application Number:: ON: DE82016091

Assignee:: Dept. of Energy ERA-07-046832; EDB-82-125216

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-26

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; FISSION CHAMBERS; REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTRON FLUX; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION FLUX; 220200* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Components & Accessories; 440101 - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments

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