Description
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) generates an intense yield on the order of 10E13 neutrons.
The OMEGA facility at the University of Rochester leverages ICF to investigate stellar matter
phases, fundamental material properties, and radiation-induced damage in semiconductors.
The Neutron Effects Diagnostic (NED), developed at Sandia National Laboratories, enables
testing of novel neutron effects by positioning devices under test at various distances from the
deuterium-tritium fusion target. This exposes a given experiment to the 14-MeV fusion neutron
environment.
This poster presents an overview of OMEGA and the application of semiconductor
detectors—including TimePix and MSND Tiles—to measure dose rates and characterize the
radiation environment inside and outside the NED.
Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by
National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National
Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525.