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Optimization of Neutron Radiation Detection Assemblies

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The paper considers the use of reactor neutron-activation analysis for optimizing neutron radiation detection assemblies using gas-discharge proportional and corona detectors in the presence of sources of interference that decrease their sensitivity. A set of measures provided for the discrimination of associated γ-radiation, which concerns the detection assembly design, the type of utilized radiation detectors, and their effective operation, ultimately results in improved sensitivity-, reliability-, and gas-discharge detector durability parameters. In addition, the study discusses issues of physical and mathematical modeling during the design of assemblies for detecting the neutron radiation.

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    T. Kh. Badretdinov

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 133, No. 2, pp. 106–111, August,

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Badretdinov, T.K. Optimization of Neutron Radiation Detection Assemblies. At Energy 133, 115–121 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-023-00983-8

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