The analysis and attribution of the time-dependent neutron background resultant from sample irradiation in a SLOWPOKE-2 reactor
| Autor: | M. T. Sellers, E. C. Corcoran, David G. Kelly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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integumentary system
Fission Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Nuclear forensics Radiochemistry technology industry and agriculture Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Analytical chemistry chemistry.chemical_element Uranium Natural uranium Pollution Analytical Chemistry Nuclear Energy and Engineering chemistry Activation product Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Neutron Irradiation Delayed neutron Spectroscopy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 295:1221-1228 |
| ISSN: | 1588-2780 0236-5731 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10967-012-1964-y |
| Popis: | The Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) has commissioned a Delayed Neutron Counting (DNC) system for the analysis of special nuclear materials. A significant, time-dependent neutron background with an initial maximum count rate, more than 50 times that of the time-independent background, was characterised during the validation of this system. This time-dependent background was found to be dependent on the presence of the polyethylene (PE) vials used to transport the fissile samples, yet was not an activation product of vial impurities. The magnitude of the time-dependent background was found to be irradiation site specific and independent of the mass of PE. The capability of RMCC’s DNC system to analyze the neutron count rates in time intervals |
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