A REAL-TIME PERSONAL NEUTRON DOSIMETER BASED ON PIPS DIODES AND A DOUBLE-LAYER NEUTRON CONVERTER

Authors
ZAMANI M SAVVIDIS E
Citation
M. Zamani et E. Savvidis, A REAL-TIME PERSONAL NEUTRON DOSIMETER BASED ON PIPS DIODES AND A DOUBLE-LAYER NEUTRON CONVERTER, Radiation protection dosimetry, 63(4), 1996, pp. 299-303
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Radiation protection dosimetry → ACNP
ISSN journal
01448420
Volume
63
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
299 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0144-8420(1996)63:4<299:ARPNDB>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A real time personal neutron dosemeter was developed on the basis of a PIPS diode with a CR-39-(LiF)-Li-6 converter. The detected particles are protons from neutron scattering on the CR-39 converter and alpha p articles as well as tritons from the Li-6(n,alpha)H-3 reaction. Backgr ound and gamma ray contributions were tested using a second equivalent PIPS diode without converter. The dosemeter characteristics were stud ied during irradiations in monoenergetic neutron beams at energies fro m 73 keV up to 14 MeV. The principal properties of the device such as the energy and angular response as well as the linearity were investig ated.