neutron detectors
Neutron detectors are not only used in the area of radiation safety, e.g. in reactor instrumentation or special nuclear material (SNM) detection. They are as well employed in fusion plasma physics, particle physics, materials science, and even cosmic ray detection.
This image shows neutron flux detections around the lunar south pole from LEND. Credit: NASA/Institute for Space Research (Moscow) The image was part of the first collection of images released by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at a press conference held at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on September 17, 2009.
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NASA/Institute for Space Research (Moscow), Licensed under Creative Commons.org, Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).