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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Faridah Mohamad Idris, Julie Andrianny Murshidi, Abdul Aziz Mohamed, Norabidin Ashari, Khairiah Yazid, Azraf Azman, Wan Ahmad Tajuddin Wan Abdullah, Nurfikri Norjoharuddeen, Abdul Halim Baijan, Rokiah Sabri, Mohd Faiz Mohd Zin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 8 | November 2020 | Pages 957-961
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1819749
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Position-sensitive detectors (PSDs) have been used in neutron tomography and nanostructural characterization of material using neutrons that scattered from a monochromator of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite type, placed directly in the neutron beam in the Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) facility at the Malaysian Nuclear Agency. PSD uses the 3He(n,p) reaction to detect neutrons. Because of the 3He high neutron cross section of 5333 b at 25.3 meV, a PSD is suitable for neutron detection across its axial direction at a low neutron flux of 103 cm−2‧s−1. Because of its insensitivity toward gamma radiation, the signals from the PSD for real neutrons are relatively easy to analyze. This paper discusses the use of a PSD in neutron tomography and nanostructural characterization of material in the SANS facility at the Malaysian Nuclear Agency.