Boron-10 based neutron coincidence counter for safeguards

Richard T. Kouzes; James H. Ely; Azaree T. Lintereur; Edward R. Siciliano

doi:10.1109/TNS.2014.2353619

Boron-10 based neutron coincidence counter for safeguards

Richard T. Kouzes
, James H. Ely
, Azaree T. Lintereur
, Edward R. Siciliano

Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering

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The shortage of ³He has triggered the search for effective alternative neutron detection technologies for national security applications, including international nuclear safeguards. Any alternative neutron detection technology must meet a neutron detection efficiency requirement while being insensitive to gamma-ray interference at a prescribed level. For nuclear safeguards, a system must perform measurements in the field with a prescribed precision in a specified time. This paper describes an effort to design, model and test an alternatives-based neutron coincidence counter for nuclear safeguards applications. The technology chosen for use in an alternatives-based uranium neutron coincidence collar was boron-lined proportional counters. Extensive modeling was performed of various system configurations and comparisons were made to measurements on a commercial prototype boron-10 based uranium neutron coincidence collar.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	2353619
Pages (from-to)	2608-2618
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	61
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2014.2353619
State	Published - Oct 1 2014

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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