TY - JOUR
T1 - Neutron detection alternatives to 3He for national security applications
AU - Kouzes, Richard T.
AU - Ely, James H.
AU - Erikson, Luke E.
AU - Kernan, Warnick J.
AU - Lintereur, Azaree T.
AU - Siciliano, Edward R.
AU - Stephens, Daniel L.
AU - Stromswold, David C.
AU - Van Ginhoven, Renee M.
AU - Woodring, Mitchell L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported largely by the United States Department of Energy (NA-22). Additional support was provided by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is operated for the United States Department of Energy by Battelle under Contract DE-AC05-76RLO 1830. PNNL-SA-72544.
PY - 2010/11/21
Y1 - 2010/11/21
N2 - One of the main uses for 3He is in gas proportional counters for neutron detection. Large radiation detection systems deployed for homeland security and proliferation detection applications use such systems. Due to the large increase in use of 3He for homeland security and basic research, the supply has dwindled, and can no longer meet the demand. This has led to the search for an alternative technology to replace the use of 3He-based neutron detectors. In this paper, we review the testing of currently commercially available alternative technologies for neutron detection in large systems used in various national security applications.
AB - One of the main uses for 3He is in gas proportional counters for neutron detection. Large radiation detection systems deployed for homeland security and proliferation detection applications use such systems. Due to the large increase in use of 3He for homeland security and basic research, the supply has dwindled, and can no longer meet the demand. This has led to the search for an alternative technology to replace the use of 3He-based neutron detectors. In this paper, we review the testing of currently commercially available alternative technologies for neutron detection in large systems used in various national security applications.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.021
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.021
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77958477546
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 623
SP - 1035
EP - 1045
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 3
ER -