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US 2021/0239864 A1Published application
Novel, Low-Cost, Light-Weight High Efficiency (H*10 Capable) Neutron Spectrometric Detector-Dosimeter
AssigneeRusi P Taleyarkhan
InventorRusi P Taleyarkhan
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Abstract
Systems and methods for neutron detection using tensioned metastable fluid detectors, using multi-atom spectroscopy approach.
Claims7
A method for enabling neutron spectroscopy for ultra-low (˜10 micRem/h) to high (Rem/h) radiation field H*10 neutron dosimetry for separately or simultaneously covering the thermal-to-fast neutron energy spectrum, comprising:
- operating at least one non-doped Centrifugally Tensioned Metastable Fluid Detector (CTMFD) and at least one non-doped CTMFD operating in parallel.
A portable system for detecting neutrons comprising:
- a detector liquid in a first enclosure having walls and a venturi valve system such that the detector liquid can pass therethrough during detector operation, the enclosure affixed to a spinning mechanism for introducing negative pressure in the detector liquid, wherein:
- the spinning mechanism is capable of inducing a negative pressure in the detector liquid such that neutron detection can occur in the detector liquid at negative pressure and configured to detect neutron-caused vapor pocket corresponding to neutron counts, wherein:
- detection is based on [EV]=[RM]×[NE], where EV is a vector matrix of results of relative detection time for a range of Pneg values obtained experimentally by placing one or more detectors equidistance from an unknown neutron source, NE is a neutron energy vector, RM is a response matrix representing a probability matrix for detecting a neutron at a plurality of Pneg values, and Pneg is the tensioned negative pressure.
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