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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
P. F. Rago, N. Goldstein, E. Tochilin
Nuclear Technology | Volume 8 | Number 3 | March 1970 | Pages 302-309
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A fissian foil-Lexan detector system has been developed to monitor reactor neutrons. It is similar to the system based on counting fission gamma rays but has some advantages; i.e., permanently recorded tracks that can be read any time after exposure; integrated recording; microgram amounts of fissionable material needed; and the elimination of specialized gamma-ray counting equipment. Fission-product damage tracks in the Lexan (or mica) are counted under an optical microscope. For thick foils, fluence is determined from the sensitivity factor of 1.16 × 10−5 tracks/(neutron-barn). Fluence measurements with the two systems are compared for several reactor environments while dose measurements are compared with tissue-equivalent calorimeter values. The use of 232Th to replace 238U as the fissionable isotope for the energy interval of 1.5 to 3 MeV, and of 235U to replace 239Pu for energies <600 ke V, was also investigated. Neptunium is retained as the fissionable material for the energy interval 600 keV to 1.5 MeV and the sulfur-activation detector for energies >3 MeV.