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Title: Fiber optic thermal/fast neutron and gamma ray scintillation detector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:918906
 [1];  [2]
  1. Knoxville, TN
  2. Oak Ridge, TN
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A system for detecting fissile and fissionable material originating external to the system includes: a .sup.6Li loaded glass fiber scintillator for detecting thermal neutrons, x-rays and gamma rays; a fast scintillator for detecting fast neutrons, x-rays and gamma rays, the fast scintillator conjoined with the glass fiber scintillator such that the fast scintillator moderates fast neutrons prior to their detection as thermal neutrons by the glass fiber scintillator; and a coincidence detection system for processing the time distributions of arriving signals from the scintillators.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
7,288,771
Application Number:
11/549,269
OSTI ID:
918906
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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