Fission chamber based on Micromegas

Abstract

The invention discloses a fission chamber based on Micromegas. The fission chamber comprises a Micromega detector, wherein the Micromega detector is provided with a metal shell, and a drift electrode, a Micromega microgrid and a collecting electrode which are arranged in the metal shell; the Micromega microgrid is arranged between the drift electrode and the collecting electrode; the collecting electrode is electrically connected with a pulse signal acquisition circuit; a drift region is formed between the Micromega microgrid and the drift electrode; a collection region is formed between theMicromega microgrid and the collecting electrode; a gas chamber is defined by the metal shell, the drift electrode and the collecting electrode, and flowing ionized gas is arranged in the gas chamber;and a uranium-235 layer is arranged on the drift electrode. The fission chamber is high in sensitivity and high in counting rate range, and neutron fluence rate monitoring full coverage of a reactorfrom physical starting to full-power operation in a single pulse mode is expected to be achieved; the fission chamber has better anti-interference capability and stronger n / gamma discrimination capability, and is especially suitable for real-time monitoring of the neutron fluence rate of a reactor and other strong electromagnetic interference and strong gamma radiation field environments.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of fission chambers, in particular to a fission chamber based on Micromegas. Background technique [0002] From the start-up of the reactor to full power operation, the dynamic variation range of its nuclear power will reach 10 orders of magnitude, and the corresponding neutron fluence rate variation range will reach 11 orders of magnitude (10 0 ~10 11 n / cm 2 .s), for subcriticality, control and safety purposes, the neutron flux rate in the core and its changes must be monitored during all phases of reactor operation, on the other hand, the gamma intensity around the reactor is very high, therefore, for reactor The neutron detector for neutron fluence rate monitoring needs to meet two conditions, one is that the detector has a wide measuring range, and the other is that the detector has a strong n / γ discrimination ability. [0003] Due to the limited range of general neutron detectors, it is difficult to cover such...

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[0004] The object of the present invention is to provide a Micromegas-based fission chamber with high sensitivity for the current fission chamber monitoring reactors with low thermal neutron sensitivity, small dynamic range of counting rate, and cumbersome switching of monitoring modes during the process from start-up to full power of the current fission chamber. , with a high counting rate range, in order to achieve full coverage of neutron fluence rate monitoring from physical startup to full power operation of the reactor in single pulse mode

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