TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantification of transuranic elements by Time Interval Correlation Spectroscopy of the detected neutrons
AU - Baeten, P.
AU - Bruggeman, M.
AU - Paepen, J.
AU - Carchon, R.
PY - 2000/3
Y1 - 2000/3
N2 - The non-destructive quantification of transuranic elements in nuclear waste management or in safeguards verifications is commonly performed by passive neutron assay techniques. To minimise the number of unknown sample- dependent parameters, Neutron Multiplicity Counting (NMC) is applied. We developed a new NMC-technique, called Time Interval Correlation Spectroscopy (TICS), which is based on the measurement of Rossi-alpha time interval distributions. Compared to other NMC-techniques, TICS offers several advantages.
AB - The non-destructive quantification of transuranic elements in nuclear waste management or in safeguards verifications is commonly performed by passive neutron assay techniques. To minimise the number of unknown sample- dependent parameters, Neutron Multiplicity Counting (NMC) is applied. We developed a new NMC-technique, called Time Interval Correlation Spectroscopy (TICS), which is based on the measurement of Rossi-alpha time interval distributions. Compared to other NMC-techniques, TICS offers several advantages.
KW - Neutron correlation
KW - Passive neutron assay
KW - Time interval analysis
KW - Transuranic elements
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034159885&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00185-2
DO - 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00185-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034159885
SN - 0969-8043
VL - 52
SP - 399
EP - 402
JO - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
JF - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
IS - 3
ER -