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.

热中子是核电站产生能量的副产品，也是自然发生和人工制造的放射源的副产品。它们在工业和医学中用作探测材料的手段，并启动受控的核反应，在硼中子捕获治疗的情况下可以有效地治疗癌症。中子被广泛应用于科学领域。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，但它价格昂贵，而且这种材料的供应有限。核工业、安全、科学和医学研究需要氦-3中子探测器的替代品。该提案旨在通过将伦敦玛丽皇后玛丽的跨学科研究团队的能力与英国美光半导体有限公司的能力相结合，制造一种新型的非氦-3热中子探测器。