NEUTRON-SCATTERING IN ORNL CALIBRATION FACILITY

Room scattering corrections for several common neutron dectors in a in a new neutron calibration facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory were measured. Results for three radioisotopic sources in ground scattering and enclosed room scattering situations are compared with two model calculations, and the agreement is good. A personnel neutron spectrometer was used to examine further the spectral variation inside the enclosed neutron room. Scattered fluence and scattered dose equivalent results from the spectral measurements indicate that the scattering predictions using models hold only for small source-to-detector distances. Additional observations from this study are also presented.