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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
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.
Publisher: 
North-Holland
Publication date: 
1 Oct 2011
Authors: 

M Barbagallo, L Cosentino, G Greco, G Guardo, RM Montereali, A Pappalardo, C Scirè, S Scirè, MA Vincenti, P Finocchiaro

Biblio References: 
Volume: 652 Issue: 1 Pages: 355-358
Origin: 
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment