Diamond Thermal Neutron Detector

金刚石热中子探测器

• 批准号: ST/W000717/1
• 负责人: Adrian Bevan
• 金额: $ 47.38万
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FW000717%2F1
• 关键词: Diamond; Thermal; Neutron; Detector

Thermal neutrons are by-products of generating energy in nuclear power stations and from naturally occurring and artificially created radioactive sources. They are used in industry and medicine as a means to probe materials, and to initiate controlled nuclear reactions that in the case of Boron Neutron Capture therapy can treat cancer effectively. Neutrons are used and occur in a wide range of scientific applications. Being able to accurately and efficiently measure the presence of neutrons allows us to use thermal neutrons in a beneficial way, and to work to minimise radiation created in facilities. Helium 3 is the element that has the highest probability of interaction with thermal neutrons, but it is expensive and supplies of this material are limited. Alternatives to Helium-3 based neutron detectors are required for the nuclear industry, security, scientific and medical research. This proposal seeks to make a new type of non-Helium-3 thermal neutron detector by merging the capabilities of an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Queen Mary University of London with that of the UK company Micron Semiconductor Ltd.

热中子是在核电站以及自然发生和人为创建的放射性来源中产生能量的副产品。它们在工业和医学中用作探测材料的一种手段，并发起受控的核反应，在硼中子捕获疗法中可以有效治疗癌症。中子被使用并发生在广泛的科学应用中。能够准确有效地测量中子的存在使我们能够以有益的方式使用热中子，并努力最大程度地减少设施中产生的辐射。氦3是与热中子相互作用的可能性最高的元素，但它很昂贵，并且该材料的供应受到限制。核工业，安全，科学和医学研究需要基于氦3的中子探测器的替代方案。该提案旨在通过合并伦敦皇后大学的跨学科研究人员的能力与英国公司Micron Semiconductor Ltd.