Abstract
A back-illuminated thin Si diode was developed for fast neutron sensor in active personal neutron dosimeter for detecting fast neutrons below 1 MeV. Neutron response functions for the fast neutron sensor with the back-illuminated thin Si diode were evaluated based on measurements of monoenergetic neutron beams at the National Metrology Institute of Japan and Monte Carlo simulations using the Particle Heavy Ion Transport Code System in the neutron energy over 500 keV. The lower limit of neutron detection energy was decreased to 500 keV and neutron detection efficiencies were increased several times over other fast neutron sensors. It is possible to measure neutron doses in the neutron energy range of 500 keV–1 MeV using this novel fast neutron sensor, but the neutron doses were undetectable using other fast neutron sensors. The neutron detection efficiencies were closer to the personal dose equivalent conversion curve than those for other fast neutron sensors in this neutron energy range. Neutron doses of individuals employed at a nuclear facility were evaluated using the active personal neutron dosimeter, which consists of both the novel fast and slow neutron sensors.
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