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A passive rem counter based on CR39 SSNTD coupled with a boron converter
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Radiation Measurements . Oct2009, Vol. 44 Issue 9/10, p985-987. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Abstract: A passive neutron rem counter using a CR39 SSNTD coupled with a boron converter has been developed. The rem counter is a polythene sphere with cadmium and lead insets, designed to have a response function proportional to the fluence to ambient dose equivalent conversion coefficients, H*(10)/Φ, for energies ranging from thermal up to 1GeV. At its centre is a thermal neutron detector made of a CR39 SSNTD coupled with an enriched boron neutron converter. The rem counter was first calibrated at CERN and at the Politecnico di Milano, and then tested in high-energy neutron fields at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany and at the CERF facility at CERN. Its most important features are a very high neutron sensitivity and conversely a complete insensitivity to gamma radiation. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13504487
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 9/10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Radiation Measurements
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 45659573
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.10.053