Primary Assessment Technologies FY2017 Milestone Report: NDSE Development Using DPF
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Abstract
A new diagnostic technique for a neutron-based measurement of dynamic subcritical experiments is currently under development. The technique, referred to as a Neutron Diagnosed Subcritical Experiment (NDSE), requires that a short intense burst of neutrons be directed into a subcritical fissile object and a precision measurement of the emitted fission gamma rays be made as a function of time. Recent advances in a dense plasma neutron source and gamma ray detectors have been integrated together at the Nevada National Security Site to provide a NDSE technique development and testing capability. The first set of NDSE demonstration experiments have now been completed using static objects constructed with large quantities of highly enriched uranium. The acquired data reveal the expected sensitivity to changes in neutronic properties of fissile objects and illustrate that the diagnostic approach is viable. As expected for any new measurement technique, many areas for improvement have been identified during static object testing and continued maturation of the diagnostic is planned before implementation on a dynamic subcritical experiment.
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