Neutron Imaging by Boric Acid

Author(s)   

Fabio Cardone, Giovanni Cherubini, Walter Perconti, Andrea Petrucci, Alberto Rosada

Affiliation(s)

Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN-CNR) Via dei Taurini, Roma, Italy;GNFM, Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica “F. Severi” Città Universitaria, Roma, Italy.

ARPA Radiation Laboratories Via Montezebio, Viterbo, Italy.

Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Roma, Italy.

GNFM, Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica “F. Severi” Città Universitaria, Roma, Italy;Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Roma, Italy.

Unità Tecnica Tecnologie e Impianti per la Fissione e la Gestione del Materiale Nucleare (UTFISST), Laboratorio Caratterizzazione Materiali Nucleari (CATNUC), Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Roma, Italy.

ABSTRACT

In this paper a new type of passive neutron detector based on the already existing one, CR39, is described. Its operation was verified by three different neutron sources: an Americium-Beryllium (Am241-Be) source; a TRIGA type nuclear reactor; and a fast neutron reactor called TAPIRO. The obtained results, reported here, positively confirm its operation and the accountability of the new developed detecting technique.

KEYWORDS

Neutrons; Neutron Passive Detectors; Boron; Photographic Film; PADC Nuclear Track Detectors (CR39); Neutron Spectrometer

Cite this paper

F. Cardone, G. Cherubini, W. Perconti, A. Petrucci and A. Rosada, "Neutron Imaging by Boric Acid," Detection, Vol. 1 No. 2, 2013, pp. 30-35. doi: 10.4236/detection.2013.12005.

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