The new concept for the design of a neutron time of flight spectrometer ope
rating at high rates of events has been studied based on instrumental model
ing and neutron transport calculations. The aim is to find an optimized des
ign for an instrument that can measure the 2.5 MeV neutron emission from de
uterium plasmas and attain diagnostics capabilities comparable to those as
has been demonstrated possible with the 14 MeV magnetic proton recoil spect
rometer for deuterium-tritium plasmas at Joint European Torus. Preliminary
results are presented and used to project the potential for realizing an ad
vanced neutron emission spectrometry diagnosis of plasmas. (C) 2001 America
n Institute of Physics.