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Helium-3 has a high cross section for thermal neutron absorption. For fast neutrons you must either thermalize the neutrons for use with boron or helium-3 based proportional counters or use a fast fission chamber based on fast fission of uranium. It's worth noting that a uranium based fast fission detector is really only useful in extraordinarily high neutron fluxes like that of a reactor.

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