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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Keith B. Rider, Prospect, VA (US);
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for determining an isotopic property of a sample mass including placing a sample mass on a solid state detector exposing the solid state detector to a neutron flux. The solid state detector is configured to receive fluorescence damage in response to interaction with a fission product produced from fission of at least a portion of the sample mass. The method also including exposing the solid state detector to a light source, measuring the light emissions of the fluorescence damage, and determining an isotopic property of the sample mass based on the light emissions of the fluorescence damage.