For the research of CCD neutron radiography,a neutron collimator was designed based on the exit of thermal neutron of the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy(BNCT)reactor.Based on the Geant4 simulations,the preliminary choice of the size of the collimator was determined.The materials were selected according to the literature data.Then,a collimator was constructed and tested on site.The results of experiment and simulation show that the thermal neutron flux at the end of the neutron collimator is greater than 1.0×106n/cm2/s,the maximum collimation ratio(L/D)is 58,the Cd-ratio(Mn)is 160 and the diameter of collimator end is 10 cm.This neutron collimator is considered to be applicable for neutron radiography.
An attenuation length measurement device was constructed using an oscilloscope and LabVIEW for signal acquisition and processing. The performance of the device has been tested in a variety of ways. The test results show that the set-up has a good stability and high precision (sigma/mean reached 0.4 percent). Besides, the accuracy of the measurement system will decrease by about 17 percent if a filter is used. The attenuation length of a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator (Gd-LS) was measured as 15.10±0.35 m where Gd-LS was heavily used in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment. In addition, one method based on the Beer-Lambert law was proposed to investigate the reliability of the measurement device, the R-square reached 0.9995. Moreover, three purification methods for Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) production were compared in the experiment.
