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Neutron flux imaging with nuclear track detectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2009

A. SEGHOUR ,
S. DJEFFAL ,
J. C. SENS  and
A. STAMPFLER
A. SEGHOUR
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de dosimétrie, Centre de radioprotection et de sûreté, 02 boulevard Frantz Fanon, BP 1017, 16000 Alger, Algeria Service du réacteur nucléaire universitaire, Centre de recherches nucléaires et Université Louis Pasteur, 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg Cedex 2
S. DJEFFAL
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de dosimétrie, Centre de radioprotection et de sûreté, 02 boulevard Frantz Fanon, BP 1017, 16000 Alger, Algeria
J. C. SENS
Affiliation:
Service du réacteur nucléaire universitaire, Centre de recherches nucléaires et Université Louis Pasteur, 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg Cedex 2
A. STAMPFLER
Affiliation:
Service du réacteur nucléaire universitaire, Centre de recherches nucléaires et Université Louis Pasteur, 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg Cedex 2
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Abstract

The results of an investigation on the spatial variations of neutron flux using neutron-charged particle converter materials and solid state nuclear track detectors in a thermal neutron irradiation site are reported. In this context, three neutron beam maps have been established and analyzed. Neutron flux cartographies performed with the BN1 converter, which has been found to be more sensitive to neutron flux variations than the lithium tetraborate converter, have allowed location of neutron concentration areas. The results of average neutron flux measurements obtained by means of the SSNTD technique are in good agreement with those obtained using the conventional technique of neutron flux measurement by activation of foils.

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Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 509 - 518
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© EDP Sciences, 1995

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