Due to the performance characteristics of gadolinium converter dispersed uniformly in the photostimulable phosphor layer of the BAS-ND Imaging Plate, neutron irradiation on its surface is transferred to a secondary radiation and the photostimulable phosphor detects the emission of the secondary radiation.

Neutron Generator: TRIGA-II 100kW, Nuclear reactor Rikkyo University Irradiation: Thermal neutron Fluence: 1.4 x 108 neutron/cm2 (100kW) Time: 90 sec Imaging Plate: BAS-ND Scanner: BAS-5000	X-ray Generator: KXO50G Inverter, Komazawa Junior Collage Irradiation: Accelerating Voltage: 150 kV Tube Current: 260 mA Time: 71 msec Filter: 1.5 mm Al + 0.1 mm Cu Imaging Plate: BAS-SR Scanner: BAS-5000
Data courtesy of Prof. Hisao Kobayashi, Institute for Atomic Energy, Rikkyo University.

Protective Layer
Thickness: ca. 6 micron m
Material: Polymer film

Photostimulable Phosphor Layer
Thickness: ca. 135 micron m
Density: ca. 3.5 g/mm³
Photostimulable Phosphor: BaFBr:Eu
Converter: Gd2O3
Ratio of Photostimulable Phosphor to Converter: 1:1 (Molar ratio of Ba to Gd)

Support
Thickness: ca. 370 micron m
Material: Polymer film laminated with ferrite film

Response Characteristics
Emission intensity (PSL/mm² in comparison with irradiation dose (neutron/cm²)

Data courtesy of Dr. Nobuo Niimura, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute.

Irradiated neutron (wave length; 2.2 x 10^-10 m) generated from the nuclear reactor JRR-3M, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute.

BAS-ND is optimized to thermal neutron.

Caution
When neutron dose rate exceeds certain levels for BAS-ND Imaging Plate, some components may be activated.
Those components are Eu (containing ratio 8.25 x 10^-5 g/cm²) and Mn (containing ratio 5.60 x 10^-3 g/cm²).