A multipurpose spherical neutron counter

Author

Toyokawa, Hiroyuki ; Uritani, Akira ; Mori, Chizuo ; Takeda, Naoto ; Kudo, Katsuhisa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Nucl. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-5 Nov 1994

Firstpage

968

Abstract

We have developed a unique neutron counter applicable to measurements of fluence, energy distribution and the dose equivalent of neutrons with a very wide energy range, and to estimations of the incident direction of neutron beams. This 4π sensitive neutron counter consists of a spherical polyethylene moderator and three charge-division-type position-sensitive proportional counters (PSPCs) inserted into the moderator orthogonally with each other. The three PSPCs give thermal neutron distributions in the spherical moderator that bring us the above information. The characteristics of this neutron counter have been studied with Monte Carlo simulations and with experiments using monoenergetic neutrons

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; dosimeters; neutron detection; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; ESPHENEC; Monte Carlo simulations; charge-division position-sensitive proportional counters; neutron dose equivalent; neutron energy distribution; neutron fluence; polyethylene moderator; spherical neutron counter; thermal neutron distributions; Counting circuits; Data mining; Detectors; Energy measurement; Face detection; Monitoring; Neutrons; Particle beams; Polyethylene; Power engineering and energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2544-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474460

Filename

474460