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Study of methods for reducing the intrinsic background of a neutron detector for rare spontaneous fission events

Sokol et al., 1984

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11680108031870788282
Author
Sokol E
Chuong P
Smirnov V
Ivanov M
Ter-Akopian G
Chelnokov L
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research

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The cosmic radiation protection of a neutron detector is described. The combination of a passive concrete shielding and a plastic scintillator anticoincidence system allows one to decrease the background of a 3 He-filled counter detector by a factor of about 1000, the loss …
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