The "nuclear car wash": A scanner to detect illicit special nuclear material in cargo containers

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 560-564

  Slaughter, Dennis R ^a   Accatino, Mark R ^a   Bernstein, Adam ^a   Dougan, Arden D ^a   Hall, James M ^a   Loshak, Alex ^a   Manatt, Doug R ^a   Pohl, Bert A ^a   Walling, Rosemary S ^a   Weirup, Dave L ^a   Prussin, Staney G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active interrogation; Delayed fission product radiation; Neutron irradiation; Shielded special nuclear material

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; FISSION REACTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCREENING;

ACTIVE INTEGRATION; CARGO CONTAINERS; DELAYED FISSION PRODUCT RADIATION; SHIELDED SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONTAINERS;

CONTAINERS; DETECTORS; FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; SCREENING;

EID: 23844499135     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.851013     Document Type: Article

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