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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2012
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MN (US);
Steven L. Bellinger, Manhattan, KS (US);
Anthony N. Caruso, Overland Park, KS (US);
Brian Cooper, Manhattan, KS (US);
William L. Dunn, Manhattan, KS (US);
Ryan G. Fronk, Manhattan, KS (US);
Douglas S. McGregor, Riley, KS (US);
William H. Miller, Rocheport, MO (US);
Eliot R. Myers, Kansas City, MO (US);
Thomas M. Oakes, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Philip B. Ugorowski, Manhattan, KS (US);
John K. Shultis, Manhattan, KS (US);
Timothy J. Sobering, Manhattan, KS (US);
Cory B. Hoshor, Kansas City, MO (US);
The Curator of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Kansas State University Research Foundation, Manhattan, KS (US);
Abstract
A neutron detection system may include a neutron detector including a plurality of neutron detection devices, a plurality of discrete neutron moderating elements, wherein each of the neutron moderating elements is disposed between two or more neutron detection devices, the plurality of neutron detection devices and the plurality of discrete neutron moderating elements disposed along a common axis, a control system configured to generate a detector response library, wherein the detector response library includes one or more sets of data indicative of a response of the detector to a known neutron source, receive one or more measured neutron response signals from each of the neutron devices, the one or more measured response signals response to a detected neutron event, and determine one or more characteristics of neutrons emanating from a measured neutron source by comparing the one or more measured neutron response signals to the detector response library.