Detection of Special Nuclear Materials with tagged neutrons
| Autor: | Vladimir Konzdrasovs, Gwenolé Corre, Cedric Carasco, Bertrand Perot, J. Gameiro, K. Boudergui, Clement Deyglun, Guillaume Sannie |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire de Mesures Nucléaires ( LMN ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ), Département Métrologie Instrumentation & Information ( DM2I ), Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies ( LIST ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Mesures Nucléaires (LMN), Service Mesures et modélisation des Transferts et des Accidents graves (SMTA), Département Technologie Nucléaire (DTN), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Département Technologie Nucléaire (DTN), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), KEP Nuclear, Laboratoire Capteurs et Architectures Electroniques (LCAE), Département Métrologie Instrumentation & Information (DM2I), Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST), Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA)) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Data acquisition system
Special nuclear materials Neutron detector Nuclear engineering Radioactive materials Semiconductor detectors associated particle technique Nuclear instrumentation 01 natural sciences Prompt neutron Neutron generator Neutron detection Cargo container inspection system Inspection equipment Instrumentation Tagged neutron inspection system Fusion reactions Physics Associated particle techniques [ PHYS ] Physics [physics] Semiconductor detector Neutron sources Medical imaging Gamma-rays [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-DATA-AN]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Data Analysis Statistics and Probability [physics.data-an] Neutron detectors Tagged neutron inspection systems Numerical models [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] Scintillator plastic scintillator alpha-rays Containers Nuclear physics 0103 physical sciences Neutron [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] signal processing 010306 general physics Alpha particles Neutrons Neutron-gamma discrimination detector 010308 nuclear & particles physics Inspection Gamma rays Data acquisition electronics Data acquisition Alpha particle [INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation [SPI.TRON]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electronics Neutron source Neutron-induced fission MCNP PoliMi |
| Zdroj: | 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD) 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), Oct 2016, Strasbourg, France. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017-January, 2017, 〈10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069917〉 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), Oct 2016, Strasbourg, France. ⟨10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069917⟩ |
| DOI: | 10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069917〉 |
| Popis: | Conference of 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop, NSS/MIC/RTSD 2016 ; Conference Date: 29 October 2016 Through 6 November 2016; Conference Code:131365; International audience; The Associated Particle Technique can be used to detect Special Nuclear Materials in cargo containers. A DT neutron generator, based on the 3H(2H,n)a fusion reaction, produces 14 MeV neutrons which are tagged both in direction and time with an embedded alpha detector. Prompt neutrons and gamma rays emitted during neutron-induced fissions are detected by plastic scintillators, in coincidence with the alpha particle. Nuclear materials are differentiated from non-nuclear materials and crosstalk events using high multiplicity coincidences. The data acquisition electronics is made of compact FPGA boards. Experiments performed with a mock-up of the measurement system are reported and compared to calculations to validate numerical simulation and post-processing tools. Measurements have been performed with different targets made of iron, lead, or uranium, placed in metallic or wood cargo matrixes. The performances of a full scale cargo container inspection system, with a larger number of detectors optimized for container inspection, are also studied by numerical simulation. Random background due to neutrons which are not correlated with an alpha particle, counting statistics, time and energy resolutions of the data acquisition system, are all taken into account to model the measurements as realistically as possible. A wide range of inspections, with the suspicious item in different positions in different cargo matrixes, have been studied. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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