Quantification of transuranic elements by time interval correlation spectroscopy of the detected neutrons
The non-destructive quantification of transuranic elements in nuclear waste management or in safeguards verifications is commonly performed by passive neutron assay techniques. To minimise the number of unknown sample-dependent parameters, Neutron Multiplicity Counting (NMC) is applied. We developed a new NMC-technique, called Time Interval Correlation Spectroscopy (TICS), which is based on the measurement of Rossi-alpha time interval distributions. Compared to other NMC-techniques, TICS offers several advantages.
Baeten
P
Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium. pbaeten@sckcen.be
Bruggeman
M
Paepen
J
Carchon
R