DocumentCode
3339853
Title
Thermal neutron imaging with a Rotationally Modulated Collimator (RMC)
Author
Boyce, Nathan O. ; Kowash, Benjamin R. ; Wehe, David K.
Author_Institution
Air Force Inst. of Technol., Dayton, OH, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009
Firstpage
1129
Lastpage
1133
Abstract
The Rotating Modulation Collimator has been modified to image thermal neutron sources. The components of the RMC imaging system were modified to suit thermal neutrons. The experiment compared two detectors (He3 and BF3) and two mask materials (cadmium and borated epoxy) for a 77mCi PuBe source. Preliminary results indicate that both He3 and BF3 detectors may be used with the RMC. Further efforts will be made to reduce the uncertainty in the system.
Keywords
cadmium; collimators; helium-3 counters; masks; neutron detection; neutron sources; neutron spectrometers; resins; 77mCi PuBe source; BF-3 detector; Cd; He-3 detector; RMC imaging system; borated epoxy mask material; cadmium mask material; rotationally modulated collimator; thermal neutron imaging; thermal neutron source imaging; Collimators; Neutrons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
ISSN
1095-7863
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3961-4
Electronic_ISBN
1095-7863
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402407
Filename
5402407
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