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Gas-Filled Fission Chambers KNK-2-7M and KNK-2-8M for Measuring Fast Neutron Fluence

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The designs of gas-filled ionization chambers KNK-2-7M and KNK-2-8M are described. The main metrological characteristics of the detectors are presented. A method is given for determining the fluence of >0.1 MeV neutrons in the process of testing radio electronic equipment for radiation resistance in reactors with a metal core, aperiodic solution reactors, the BIGR reactor, NPP reactors, and hydrogen-containing moderators and n–γ-converters.

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  1. Lytkarino City, Moscow Oblast, Russia

    S. V. Chuklyaev

  2. Russian Federal Nuclear Center – All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC – VNIIEF), Sarov, Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast, Russia

    A. S. Koshelev

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 129, No. 6, pp. 329–335, December, 2020.

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Chuklyaev, S.V., Koshelev, A.S. Gas-Filled Fission Chambers KNK-2-7M and KNK-2-8M for Measuring Fast Neutron Fluence. At Energy 129, 341–348 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-021-00759-y

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