The present invention discloses a method for inverting
neutron flux distribution based on the PGNAA technology. This method utilizes the characteristics of the in-situ radioactivity and high penetrability of
neutron-induced gamma rays in the PGNAA technology. Intervals are divided according to the
neutron field distribution to be analyzed, and a gamma-
ray detector array is set around the neutron field. Gamma-
ray volume sources are set in each interval based on Monte Carlo
simulation. The response factors between each gamma-
ray volume source and the
detector array are obtained through
simulation calculation, that is, the response function of the
detector to the gamma-ray volume sources in each interval, and a response matrix is established. The gamma-ray
detector array is used to collect the neutron-induced gamma rays in the materials within the neutron field, and inversion calculation is carried out in combination with the response matrix obtained through
simulation calculation to obtain the
neutron flux in each interval of the neutron field, and thus the
neutron flux distribution of the neutron field can be obtained. The present invention effectively reduces the interference effects of gamma-ray background and strong
radiation field on
neutron measurement in the traditional method, and the measurement of
neutron flux distribution inversion is simple and has high accuracy.