SBIR/STTR Research Award
Portable, Fieldable, Non- Helium-3 Based Neutron Multiplicity Counter
Award amount
$1,500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- PROPORTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2018-09-17
- Contract end date
- 2021-12-16
- UEI
- TAPPXED88F63
- Solicitation number
- 16.2
- Topic code
- DTRA162-007
Research abstract
Neutron coincidence counters are currently based on 3H technology. A worldwide 3He shortage plus the need for significant improvements in performance necessitate the development of a new class of neutron detectors. We propose the use of boron-coated straw
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Non-saturating, high-sensitivity military pocket dosimeter
- High-Rate Neutron Detector for Nuclear Material Accountancy and Control (NMAC)
- High Rate Neutron Detector for Nuclear Material Accountancy and Control (NMAC)
- High Data Rate Detectors for Neutron Reflectometers
- High Spatial Resolution Detectors for Single Crystal Diffractometers
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Thermal and Fast Neutron Multiplicity Counter
- Thermal and Fast Neutron Multiplicity Counter
- Portable, Fieldable, Non- Helium-3 Based Neutron Multiplicity Counter
Research funding history
55 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2023). Reported award amounts total $25,350,343. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation