Author/Authors :
Barbagallo، نويسنده , , M. and Cosentino، نويسنده , , L. and Greco، نويسنده , , G. and Guardo، نويسنده , , G. and Montereali، نويسنده , , R.M. and Pappalardo، نويسنده , , A. and Scirè، نويسنده , , C. and Scirè، نويسنده , , S. and Vincenti، نويسنده , , M.A. and Finocchiaro، نويسنده , , P.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We developed and tested a simple prototype of thermal neutron detector suitable for inexpensive deployment in the decommissioning and storage of radioactive waste, as well as for mapping the flux in the out-of-core regions of fission reactors. Though the prototype version we tested provides the neutron rate by subtracting the gamma background measured with a twin detector insensitive to neutrons, a simple geometrical improvement can strongly reduce the gamma contribution.
Keywords :
Thermal neutrons , Neutron converter , Silicon PhotoMultiplier , Scintillators
