Detection of buried explosives using portable neutron sources with nanosecond timing

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a   Evsenin, A V ^a   Gorshkov, I Yu ^a   Osetrov, O I ^a   Vakhtin, D N ^a  

^a KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Explosives detection; Non destructive analysis; Nuclear techniques

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MINES; NEUTRON SOURCES; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

LANDMINES; NANOSECOND TIMING; NEUTRON GENERATORS;

EXPLOSIVES;

CALIFORNIUM 252; EXPLOSIVE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; DEVICE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; WAR;

EID: 2442442052     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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