Gadolinium-doped water cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma-ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system
Abstract
A water Cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system using water doped with a Gadolinium (Gd)-based compound as the Cerenkov radiator. An optically opaque enclosure is provided surrounding a detection chamber filled with the Cerenkov radiator, and photomultipliers are optically connected to the detect Cerenkov radiation generated by the Cerenkov radiator from incident high energy gamma rays or gamma rays induced by neutron capture on the Gd of incident neutrons from a fission source. The PMT signals are then used to determine time correlations indicative of neutron multiplicity events characteristic of a fission source.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1083194
- Patent Number(s):
- 8373133
- Application Number:
- 12/784,390
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Dazeley, Steven A, Svoboda, Robert C, Bernstein, Adam, and Bowden, Nathaniel. Gadolinium-doped water cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma-ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system. United States: N. p., 2013.
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Dazeley, Steven A, Svoboda, Robert C, Bernstein, Adam, & Bowden, Nathaniel. Gadolinium-doped water cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma-ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system. United States.
Dazeley, Steven A, Svoboda, Robert C, Bernstein, Adam, and Bowden, Nathaniel. Tue .
"Gadolinium-doped water cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma-ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1083194.
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