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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce J Kaiser, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Masaitis, Castle Hayne, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250390 ; 250392 ; 250253 ;
Abstract
An electronic circuit provides various accurate counts of detected neutrons to enable the assaying of fissile material in a neutron emitting radioactive source. The circuit develops a time correlated window associated with each detected neutron, and delays these windows to develop uncorrelated windows. These windows are used to develop separate detected neutron counts which distinguish between time correlated fission neutron detections and time uncorrelated singular neutron detections. The circuit also develops a count of all detected neutrons.