A : The Multi-Grid detector technology has evolved from the proof-of-principle and characterisation stages. Here we report on the performance of the Multi-Grid detector, the MG.CNCS prototype, which has been installed and tested at the Cold Neutron Chopper Spectrometer, CNCS at SNS. This has allowed a side-by-side comparison to the performance of 3 He detectors on an operational instrument. The demonstrator has an active area of 0.2 m 2 . It is specifically tailored to the specifications of CNCS. The detector was installed in June 2016 and has operated since then, collecting neutron scattering data in parallel to the He-3 detectors of CNCS. In this paper, we present a comprehensive analysis of this data, in particular on instrument energy resolution, rate capability, background and relative efficiency. Stability, gamma-ray and fast neutron sensitivity have also been investigated. The effect of scattering in the detector components has been measured and provides input to comparison for Monte Carlo simulations. All data is presented in comparison to that measured by the 3 He detectors simultaneously, showing that all features recorded by one detector are also recorded by the other. The energy resolution matches closely. We find that the Multi-Grid is able to match the data collected by 3 He, and see an indication of a considerable advantage in the count rate capability. Based on these results, we are confident that the Multi-Grid detector will be capable of producing high quality scientific data on chopper spectrometers utilising the unprecedented neutron flux of the ESS.
Neutron beam monitors with high efficiency, low gamma sensitivity, high time and space resolution are required in neutron beam experiments to continuously diagnose the delivered beam. In this work, commercially available neutron beam monitors have been characterized using the R2D2 beamline at IFE (Norway) and using a Be-based neutron source. For the gamma sensitivity measurements different gamma sources have been used. The evaluation of the monitors includes, the study of their efficiency, attenuation, scattering and sensitivity to gamma. In this work we report the results of this characterization.
In the framework of the European I-Smart project, optimal 4H-SiC based diode geometries were developed for high temperature neutron detection. Irradiation tests were conducted with 14 MeV fast neutrons supplied by a deuteriumtritium neutron generator with an average neutron yield of 4.04 × 10 10 − 5.25 × 10 10 n/s at Neutron Laboratory of the Technical University of Dresden in Germany. In this paper, we interpret the first measurements and results with 4H-SiC detector irradiated with fast neutrons from room temperature up to 500 • C. These experiments are serving also the first simulation of the harsh environmental condition measurements in the tritium breeding blanket of the ITER fusion reactor, which is one of the most prominent planned location of high temperature neutron flux characterization studies in the near future.
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