NEUTRON DOSIMETRY USING INELASTIC SCATTERING THRESHOLD DETECTORS

Abstract

By employing a new threshold detector that utilizes the inelastic scattering reaction to the isomeric state of Ba-137, the time-integrated neutron flux above 1.9 mev was measured in the General Atomic Triga reactor. The values compare favorably with those extrapolated from measurements of the flux above 2. 9 mev given by the standard sulfur pellet method, and evidence thus far indicates that the new method may provide a whole new series of threshold detectors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1961
Accession Number
AD0256927

Entities

People

  • John S. Ingley

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Detectors
  • Gamma Rays
  • Guided Missiles
  • Inelastic Scattering
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Neutron Cross Sections
  • Neutron Flux
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Solar Physics