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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2008
Nicholas Mascarenhas, Livermore, CA (US);
Peter Marleau, Dublin, CA (US);
James S. Brennan, Rodeo, CA (US);
Kevin D. Krenz, Livermore, CA (US);
Nicholas Mascarenhas, Livermore, CA (US);
Peter Marleau, Dublin, CA (US);
James S. Brennan, Rodeo, CA (US);
Kevin D. Krenz, Livermore, CA (US);
Sandia Corporation, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
An instrument that will directly image the fast fission neutrons from a special nuclear material source has been described. This instrument can improve the signal to background compared to non imaging neutron detection techniques by a factor given by ratio of the angular resolution window to 4π. In addition to being a neutron imager, this instrument will also be an excellent neutron spectrometer, and will be able to differentiate between different types of neutron sources (e.g. fission, alpha-n, cosmic ray, and D-D or D-T fusion). Moreover, the instrument is able to pinpoint the source location.