- Patent Title: Accurate light-weight broad-energy neutron remmeter and use thereof
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Application No.: US15247977Application Date: 2016-08-26
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Publication No.: US09939538B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Harry Ing , Hugh Robert Andrews , Martin R. Koslowsky , Martin Bernard Smith , Tobias Achtzehn
- Applicant: Bubble Technology Industries Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Chalk, River, Ontario
- Assignee: Bubble Technology Industries Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bubble Technology Industries Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Chalk, River, Ontario
- Agent James Creighton Wray; Meera P. Narasimhan
- Priority: CA2901709 20150827
- Main IPC: G01T3/06
- IPC: G01T3/06 ; G01T1/02

Abstract:
A remmeter includes two or more different-sized hydrogenous moderators, each incorporating a hydrogenous spectroscopic fast neutron detector and a thermal neutron detector to provide more accurate neutron dosimetry across a wide range of neutron energies (thermal neutrons to >15 MeV) in a form factor that is lighter than conventional remmeters. The remmeter utilizes the principle of spectral dosimetry, where the energy or energy distribution of the incident neutrons is first measured and then this energy information (along with the measured fluence) is used to establish the dosimetric quantity using the various fluence-to-dose conversion curves (e.g. H*(10) (ICRP(1997)), NCRP-38(1971)). Using the method of spectral dosimetry, the large variation in response in these curves as a function of neutron energy (especially over the region 1 keV to 1 MeV) is largely mitigated through the use of the energy and fluence information, and the appropriate fluence-to-dose conversion curve to calculate the dose.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170059723A1 Accurate Light-Weight Broad-Energy Neutron Remmeter and use Thereof Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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