Unique capabilities and applications of Microchannel Plate (MCP) detectors with Medipix/Timepix readout

AS Tremsin, JV Vallerga - Radiation Measurements, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of highly pixelated fast Medipix/Timepix readout enabled a large number
of novel hybrid detectors, where incoming particles/photons are initially converted into a …

Non-Destructive post-irradiation examination results of the first modern fueled experiments in TREAT

J Schulthess, N Woolstenhulme, A Craft, J Kane… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
A series of experiments were conducted in the Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility as
part of commissioning for nuclear fuel safety research to be continued over the next several …

Synthesis and characterization of borate glasses for thermal neutron scintillation and imaging

S Saha, HJ Kim, P Aryal, M Tyagi, R Barman… - Radiation …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the aim of finding promising neutron scintillators, different compositions have been
synthesized in the glassy phase and subsequently characterized for their performance as …

On the possibility to investigate irradiated fuel pins non-destructively by digital neutron radiography with a neutron-sensitive microchannel plate detector with Timepix …

AS Tremsin, AE Craft, GC Papaioannou… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Post irradiation examination (PIE) of nuclear fuels provides valuable information on their
overall performance and is important for the assessment of safety and integrity of nuclear …

Study of the response of 10B-doped MCP to wide-energy range neutrons from eV to MeV

Q Li, LJ Wang, XB Qiu, JW Li, W Xu, T Li, ZB Lin… - Nuclear Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Neutron-sensitive microchannel plates (nMCPs) have applications in neutron detection,
including energy spectrum measurements, neutron-induced cross sections, and neutron …

B-doped MCP detector developed for neutron resonance imaging at Back-n white neutron source

Q Li, LJ Wang, JY Tang, XB Qiu, Z Chen… - Nuclear Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Neutron resonance imaging (NRI) has recently emerged as an appealing technique for
neutron radiography. Its complexity surpasses that of conventional transmission imaging, as …

Advanced postirradiation characterization of nuclear fuels using pulsed neutrons

SC Vogel, MAM Bourke, AE Craft, JM Harp, CT Kelsey… - Jom, 2020 - Springer
Methods for postirradiation characterization of bulk (cm 3) irradiated materials or even spent
nuclear fuels are sparse due to their extremely radioactive nature. While several methods …

Neutron imaging with Li-glass based multicore SCIntillating FIber (SCIFI)

ME Moore, P Trtik, J Lousteau, D Pugliese… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The improvement of neutron imaging towards and beyond the microscale is a well-
documented need for the iterative characterization and modeling of numerous …

Progress report on mockup irradiation capsule fuel measurements at LANSCE

SC Vogel, JR Angell, DT Carver, AE Craft… - 2022 - osti.gov
Irradiation tests are a key component of nuclear fuel development and identifying typical and
atypical regions in the irradiated fuel volume relies on very few characterization techniques …

Performance testing of dysprosium-based scintillation screens and demonstration of digital transfer method neutron radiography of highly radioactive samples

W Chuirazzi, A Craft, B Schillinger, N Boulton… - Nuclear …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Scintillator screens consisting of a dysprosium neutron converter and various scintillator
materials were tested in the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum Forschungsreaktor München II …