Evaluation of the performance of a fibre-coded neutron detector with a ZnS/10B2O3 ceramic scintillator

Abstract The detection performance of a fibre-coded linear position-sensitive neutron detector equipped with a ZnS/10B2O3 ceramic scintillator has been evaluated. The neutron detection efficiency of this detector at 1 A was 1.2-fold higher than that of a similar detector based on a ZnS/6LiF scintillator. The two detectors exhibited similar gamma sensitivities.