FNDA2006
April, 3-6, 2006
University of Cape Town, South Africa
published January 04, 2007
The workshop has two main objectives. Firstly, it will aim at reviewing recent developments in the construction of neutron detectors for energies from the keV to the GeV range. This includes the improved understanding of basic processes in materials used for neutron detection as well as techniques and data relevant for modeling of neutron detectors. The second focus of the workshop will be on the applications of fast neutron detectors in various fields of science and technology. Both new emerging applications and novel techniques in established fields will be presented. In addition, methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons will be discussed. The workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of information between the various communities using fast neutrons to carry out their specific tasks.

The proceedings of the workshop have been peer-reviewed by the international reviewer committee below.

Editorial Board
Ahmad Khurshid, Baba Mamoru, Bertalot Luciano, Blomgren Jan, Brooks D. F., Dangendorf Volker (chairman), Gressier Vincent, Hall M. James, Jahnke Ulrich, Klein Horst, Kudo Katsuhisa, McKinney Gregg, Mulhauser Françoise, Nolte Ralf, Reginatto Marcel, Ritter Sylvia, Schuhmacher Helmut, Seidel Klaus, Sowerby Brian, Titt Uwe, Vartsky David

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Sessions
Introductory talk
Fast neutron detectors (oral)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (oral)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (oral)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (oral)
Applications (oral)
Fast neutron detectors (posters)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (posters)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (posters)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (posters)
Applications (posters)
Fast neutron detectors (review talks)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (review talks)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (review talks)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (review talks)
Applications (review talks)
Introductory talk
SCINTILLATION DETECTORS FOR FAST NEUTRONS
H. Klein and F.D. Brooks
Fast neutron detectors (oral)
LIGHT-ION PRODUCTION AND FISSION STUDIES USING THE MEDLEY FACILITY AT TSL
S. Pomp, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, P. Mermod, A. Ohrn, N. Olsson, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan
AN IMPROVED EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP FOR (N,XN) REACTIONS STUDIES
X. Ledoux, I. Lantuejoul, N. Arnal, J.M. Laborie, J.P. Lochard, P. Pras and C. Varignon
A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF A WIDE ENERGY RANGE PROPORTIONAL COUNTER NEUTRON SPECTROMETER
M. Benmosbah, J.E. Groetz, P. Crovisier, B. Asselineau, L. Van-Ryckeghem, H. Truffert, A. Cadiou and D. Ziarnowski
CANADIAN HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM (CHENSS)
M.B. Smith, H.R. Andrews, E.T.H. Clifford, H. Ing, V.T. Koslowsky, R.A. Noulty, M. Zhang, L.G.I. Bennett, M.L. Boudreau, A.R. Green, B.J. Lewis, R. Nolte and S. Rottger
FAST NEUTRON IMAGING WITH CCD-DETECTORS AND IMAGE PLATES
V. Mikerov, E. Bogolubov, V. Samosyuk and S. Verushkin
TIME-RESOLVED FAST-NEUTRON IMAGING WITH A PULSE-COUNTING IMAGE INTENSIFIER
V. Dangendorf, R. Lauck, F. Kaufmann, J. Barnstedt, A. Breskin, O. Jagutzki, M. Krämer and D. Vartsky
A NOVEL FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR FOR NUCLEAR DATA MEASUREMENTS
I. Sagrado-Garcia, G. Ban, V. Blideanu, J. Blomgren, P. Eudes, J.M. Fontbonne, Y. Foucher, A. Guertin, F. Hadad, L. Hay, A. Hildebrand, G. Iltis, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, J.L. Lecouey, T. Lefort, N. Marie, N. Olsson, S. Pomp, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and J.C. Steckmeyer
FAST NEUTRON DETECTORS BASED ON MICROMEGAS TECHNOLOGY
S. Andriamonje, I. Giomataris and J. Pancin
INVESTIGATING CRYOGENIC DETECTORS FOR FAST NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY USING SILICON ABSORBERS AND TRANSITION EDGE SENSORS
S.J. Smith, J.I.W. Watterson and R.M. Ambrosi
HIGH ENERGY RESOLUTION FAST NEUTRON SPECTROMTER
T. Niedermayr, I.D. Hau, S. Friedrich, A. Burger, U. Roy and Z.W. Bell
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (oral)
INTERNATIONAL QUALITY CONTROL OF NEUTRON CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS
H. Klein
THE PHOTONEUTRON SOURCES AT THE RADIATION FACILITY ELBE
J. Klug, E. Altstadt, C. Beckert, R. Beyer, H. Freiesleben, V. Galindo, M. Greschner, E. Grosse, A.R. Junghans, D. Legrady, B. Naumann, K. Noack, K.D. Schilling, R. Schlenk, S. Schneider, K. Seidel, A. Wagner and F.P. Weiss
A NEW NEUTRON BEAM FACILITY AT TSL
A.V. Prokofiev, O. Bystrom, C. Ekstrom, V. Ziemann, J. Blomgren, S. Pomp, M. Osterlund and U. Tippawan
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 2.5 MEV NEUTRON FIELD FOR MONOENERGETIC FAST NEUTRON FLUENCE STANDARD AT THE NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE OF JAPAN
H. Harano, T. Matsumoto, T. Shimoyama, T. Hata, K. Moriyama, K. Kudo, S. Miwa, T. Koyamada and A. Uritani
PRODUCTION OF FAST NEUTRON WITH A PLASMA FOCUS DEVICE
FAST-NEUTRON PRODUCTION VIA BREAK-UP OF 500 MeV DEUTERONS
F. Gutermuth, S. Beceiro, H. Emling, G. Fehrenbacher, E. Kozlova, T. Radon, T. Aumann, T. Le Bleis, K. Boretzky, H. Johansson, O. Kiselev and H. Simon
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAM (RIB) PRODUCTION BY FAST-NEUTRON-INDUCED FISSION IN ACTINIDE TARGETS AT EURISOL
A. Herrera-Martinez and Y. Kadi
NEUTRONS FOR SCIENCE (NFS) AT SPIRAL-2
D. Ridikas and X. Ledoux
FAST NEUTRON BEAMS - PROSPECTS FOR THE COMING DECADE
J. Blomgren
PORTABLE NEUTRON GENERATORS OF VNIIA AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
V. Mikerov, Y.N. Barmakov, E. Bogolubov and V. Ryzhkov
METHODS OF NEUTRON SOURCE STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS
N. Moiseev and I. Kharitonov
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (oral)
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THE RESPONSE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF PROTON RECOIL PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
R. Babut and V. Gressier
CALCULATION OF SECONDARY NEUTRON FIELDS GENERATED BY HIGH-ENERGY HEAVY-ION REACTIONS USING MONTE-CARLO CODE PHITS
H. Iwase, D. Schardt, K. Gunzert-Marx, E. Haettner and K. Niita
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (oral)
PERFORMANCES OF DIGITAL ACQUISITION FOR A BC501A DETECTOR SYSTEM
L. Lebreton, J.F. Guerre-Chaley, D. Manuel, B. Duponchel and V. Maury
A DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM OPTIMIZED FOR SPECTROMETRY WITH LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
D. Marocco, M. Riva, B. Esposito, L. Bertalot and A. Zimbal
Applications (oral)
NEUTRON DETECTION, THE KEY TO DIRECTION SENSITIVE GEONEUTRINO DETECTION
F.D. Smit, R.J. de-Meijer, R.W. Fearick and H.J. Wortche
IAEA PROGRAM FOR DETECTION OF ILLICIT MATERIALS
F. Mulhauser, G. Mank, K. Baird, P. Colgan, N. Dytlewski, M. Gregoric and M. Zendel
TOMOGRAPHY OF CANISTERS FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
M. Osterlund, J. Blomgren, J. Donnard, A. Flodin, J. Gustafsson, M. Hayashi, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, L. Wallin, A. Ohrn and A.V. Prokofiev
NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR VOID MONITORING IN BOILING WATER REACTORS
J. Blomgren
THE NEUTRONIC CHECK POINT: FAST NEUTRON TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS TO DETECT EXPLOSIVE IN VEHICLES
S. Pesente, G. Nebbia, D. Fabris, M. Lunardon, S. Moretto and G. Viesti
RADIOGRAPHY AND TOMOGRAPHY USING FISSION NEUTRONS
T. Bucherl and C. Lierse von Gostomski
HIGH RESOLUTION NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY WITH LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS FOR FUSION APPLICATIONS
A. Zimbal, H. Klein, M. Reginatto, H. Schuhmacher, L. Bertalot and A. Murari
MONITORING OF 14 MeV NEUTRONS
G. Ban, A. Billebaud, R. Brissot, J.M. Fontbonne, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, J.L. Lecouey, E. Liatard, N. Marie and J.C. Steckmeyer
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY FAST NEUTRONS PRODUCED IN CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY
D. Schardt, H. Iwase, R.S. Simon and K. Gunzert-Marx
UPGRADE OF THE MAGNETIC PROTON RECOIL (MPRU) SPECTROMETER FOR 1.5-18 MEV NEUTRONS FOR JET AND THE NEXT STEP
G. Ericsson, E. Andersson-Sunden, H. Sjostrand, S. Conroy, M. Gatu-Johnson, L. Giacomelli, C. Hellesen, A. Hjalmarsson, J. Kallne, E. Ronchi, M. Weiszflog, G. Wikstrom, G. Gorini, M. Tardocchi, R.C. Pereira, A. Combo, N. Cruz, J. Sousa, C. Correia and S. Popovichev
FISSION CROSS SECTIONS MEASURED AT N-TOF WITH A COINCIDENCE METHOD
L. Tassan-Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Stephan, D. Trubert, I. Duran and C. Paradela
FERMILAB NEUTRON THERAPY FACILITY / NEUTRON SPECTRUM DETERMINATION BY THRESHOLD FOILS
Z. Wang, N.E. Hertel, E. Burgett and A. Lennox
Fast neutron detectors (posters)
FAST NEUTRON RESPONSE OF A 6Li-LOADED LIQUID SCINTILLATOR
M. Hayashi, Y. Watanabe, D. Kaku, H. Nakashima and K. Sagara
A MONITOR FOR NEUTRON FLUX MEASUREMENTS UP TO 20 MeV
A. Öhrn, J. Blomgren, H. Park, S. Khurana, R. Nolte, D. Schmidt and K. Wilhelmsen
THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH-ENERGY REFLECTED NEUTRON FROM ALUMINUM WITH THRESHOLD DETECTORS
L. Xinxin, L. Rong, J. Li and W. Mei
SCANDAL - A FACILITY FOR ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING STUDIES IN THE 50-130 MeV RANGE
J. Blomgren, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev, U. Tippawan, J.F. Lecolley, F.R. Lecolley, N. Marie-Noury, I. Sagrado-Garcia, G. Ban, G. Iltiss and J.M. Fontbonne
DOUBLE DIFFERENTIAL NEUTRON YIELDS FROM THICK TARGETS INDUCED BY RELATIVISTIC CARBON AND URANIUM BEAMS
K. Gunzert-Marx, T. Radon, G. Fehrenbacher, F. Gutermuth and D. Schardt
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (posters)
PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS OF FAST NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY WITH D-Be REACTION
Y. Zou, Y. Pei, D. Mo, G. Tang, J. Guo, J. Xu, G. Zhang and Z. Guo
INVESTIGATION OF THE 15N(p,n) REACTION FOR USE AS A NEUTRON SOURCE IN SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS
E. Ponitz, R. Nolte and D. Schmidt
AMANDE ACCELERATOR PERFORMANCES
V. Gressier, B. Asselineau, J.F. Guerre-Chaley, A. Martin and H. Muller
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (posters)
NEUTRON SPECTRA UNFOLDING WITH MINIMUM FISHER REGULARISATION
J. Mlynar, L. Bertalot, M. Tsalas, G. Bonheure and S. Conroy
MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS OF TIME-RESOLVED, OPTICAL READOUT DETECTOR FOR FAST-NEUTRON TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
I. Mor, D. Vartsky, I. Mardor, M.B. Goldberg, D. Bar, G. Feldman, V. Dangendorf, A. Breskin and R. Chechik
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (posters)
NOISE ELIMINATION IN LEAD-SLOWING DOWN NEUTRON SPECTROMETER USING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
T. Oishi, T. Yamauchi, M. Hagiwara, M. Baba, H. Yuki, T. Otsuki and J. Hori
Applications (posters)
FAST-NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR TRANSMUTATION IN ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS
J. Blomgren and M. Habib
FAST NEUTRON SCATTERING ON CARBON AND OXYGEN
P. Mermod, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan
FAST NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS FOR THE CSIRO AIR CARGO SCANNER
J.E. Eberhardt, A.J. McEwan, D. Milinkovic, V. Sharp, B. Sowerby and J.R. Tickner
ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING STUDIES AT 96 MeV FOR TRANSMUTATION
M. Osterlund, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan
NEUTRON-INDUCED LIGHT ION PRODUCTION FROM Fe, Pb AND U AT 96 MeV
S. Pomp, V. Blideanu, J. Blomgren, P. Eudes, A. Guertin, F. Haddad, C. Johansson, J. Klug, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, T. Lefort, M. Louvel, N. Marie, P. Mermod, A.V. Prokofiev, U. Tippawan, A. Ohrn and M. Osterlund
LIGHT CHARGED PARTICLE PRODUCTION IN 96 MEV NEUTRON INDUCED REACTIONS ON OXYGEN
U. Tippawan, S. Pomp, A. Atac, B. Bergenwall, J. Blomgren, S. Dangtip, A. Hildebrand, C. Johansson, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, M. Osterlund, N. Olsson, A.V. Prokofiev, P. Nadel-Turonski, V. Corcalciuc and A.J. Koning
RBE OF 200 MEV NEUTRON RADIATION FOR THE INDUCTION OF CHROMOSOMAL ABBERATION IN HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES
R. Nolte, V. Dangendorf, A. Buffler, F.D. Brooks, J.P. Slabbert, F.D. Smit, M. Haney, E. Schmid and G. Stephan
Fast neutron detectors (review talks)
PROSPECTS OF FAST-NEUTRON RESONANCE RADIOGRAPHY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUMENTATION
D. Vartsky
NEUTRON DETECTOR SYSTEMS FOR NEUTRON NUCLEAR DATA MEASUREMENTS
R.C. Haight
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (review talks)
QUASI-MONOEBREGETIC NEUTRON SOURCE
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (review talks)
REVIEW OF MONTE CARLO ALL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODES AND OVERVIEW OF RECENT MCNPX FEATURES
G. McKinney, J. Dragos, J. Hendricks, M. James, D. Pelowitz and L. Waters
REFERENCE CROSS SECTIONS RELEVANT FOR NEUTRON DETECTORS
J. Blomgren
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (review talks)
DIGITISATION TECHNIQUES APPLIED IN NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS
F.J. Hambsch, S. Oberstedt, I. Fabry, N. Kornilov and S. Zeynalov
Applications (review talks)
NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR REACTOR SCALE FUSION EXPERIMENTS
G. Bonheure, M. Angelone, R. Barnsley, L. Bertalot, S. Conroy, G. Ericsson, B. Esposito, J. Kaellne, M. Loughlin, A. Murari, J. Mlynar, M. Pillon, S. Popovichev, B. Syme, M. Tardocchi and M. Tsalas
FAST NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY INTERROGATION OF CARGO CONTAINERS
J.E. Eberhardt, Y. Liu, S. Rainey, G.J. Roach, R.J. Stevens, B. Sowerby and J.R. Tickner
FUSION NEUTRONICS EXPERIMENTS
K. Seidel, M. Angelone, P. Batistoni, U. Fischer, H. Freiesleben, A. Klix, D. Leichtle, M. Pillon, E. Ponitz, I. Schafer and S. Unholzer