SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Nuclear Material Detection System
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2003
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Idaho Nat'l Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory, 2525 Fremont P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID, 83415-3920
- ZIP Code
- 83415-3920
- Solicitation Number
- S-03-17
- Archive Date
- 11/14/2003
- Point of Contact
- Steve Paschke, Senior Business Specialist, Phone 208-526-1113, Fax 208-526-0876,
- E-Mail Address
-
sdp@inel.gov
- Description
- Bechtel BWXT of Idaho Inc., LLC (BBWI), P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3805 Contact Mr. Gary W. Smith. A potential licensing opportunity exists with BBWI, the prime operating contractor for the Department of Energy (DOE) at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). BBWI is soliciting a written indication of interest from industrial partners interested in entering into a license agreement for the purpose of commercializing the technology described below. License terms will include an up-front fee and a running royalty based on a percentage of sales. This is not an opportunity to provide goods or services to BBWI or DOE. This solicitation will close to response 30 days after publication. Interested parties should send a description of their company and their plans to commercialize this technology to the following address: Gary W. Smith Sr. Account Executive Technology Transfer and Commercialization Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC P. O. Box 1625, MS3805 Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3805 E-mail is smitgw@inel.gov INVENTION SUMMARY: BBWI?s nuclear material detection system uses an IBM-compatible computer, associated commercial electronics, and a pulsed photonuclear neutron detector (PPND). The PPND weighs approximately 16 kg and has been designed for detection of 0.1-keV to 1.0-MeV neutrons. The latter range is representative of many delayed fission neutron emissions. A preamplifier, located within the detector, has been specifically designed to operate within intense pulsed, photon-flash environments. Detector shielding design has been chosen to maintain a very low sensitivity to voluminous room-return, low-energy neutrons associated with active interrogation environments. With energy selectivity, total passive detection efficiency is approximately 3 ? 10?4 counts per californium-252 (252Cf) source fission neutron at 100 centimeters. With this detection efficiency, PPND performs quite well and supports both passive and active detection applications. Each detector uses a small, internal 12-V power supply to provide the high voltage to the 3He tube.
- Record
- SN00429701-W 20030911/030909213109 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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