The results of research on the possibility of replacing in neutron radiation monitors in helium counters by their analog with a solid boron coating are presented. It is shown that under 3He deficit conditions such a replacement is not only possible but it can improve the performance of the monitors and lower their cost.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 116, No. 1, pp. 44–47, January, 2014.
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Shumakov, A.V., Tesalovskii, Y.A. Use of Boron Neutron Counters in Stationary Radiation Monitors at the All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics. At Energy 116, 60–63 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-014-9817-0
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