Advanced liquid metal reactor concepts such as the Sodium Advanced Fast Reactor (SAFR) and the Power Reactor Inherently Safe Module (PRISM) have relatively large pressure vessels that necessitate in-vessel placement of the neutron detectors to achieve adequate count rates during source range operations. It is estimated that detector sensitivities of 5 to 10 counts/center dot/s/center dot//sup /minus/1//center dot/(neutron/(cm/sup 2//center dot/s))/sup /minus/1/ will be required for the initial core loading. The Instrumentation and Controls Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory has designed and fabricated a fission counter to meet this requirement which is also capable of operating in uncooled instrument thimbles at primary coolant temperatures of 500 to 600/degree/C. Components are fabricated from Inconel-600, and high temperature alumina insulators are employed. The transmission line electrode configuration is utilized to minimize capacitive loading effects