Abstract: A neutron detection system may include a volume of neutron moderating material, and a plurality of solid state neutron detection devices disposed within the volume of neutron moderating material, wherein some of the neutron detection devices suitable for transduction of primary reaction products resulting from a neutron interaction event, wherein some of the solid state neutron detection devices include two or more solid state neutron detection elements, and wherein the solid state neutron detection elements are configured for omnidirectional detection of impinging neutrons.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 20, 2010
Publication date:
June 14, 2012
Applicants:
THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, The United States Air Force Intellectual Property Law Division
Inventors:
Anthony Caruso, James C. Petrosky, John W. McClory, Peter Arnold Dowben, William Miller, Thomas Oakes, Abigail Bickley