Active, non-intrusive inspection technologies for homeland defense

International Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerator Technology: Accelerator Application in a Nuclear Renaissance

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 33-41

  Jones, James L ^a  

^a MS 2802 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM ENERGIES; INTERROGATIONS; NEUTRON ENERGIES; NUCLEAR MATERIALS; PULSED PHOTONEUTRON ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY (PPAT);

ATOMIC PHYSICS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON SOURCES; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHY; URANIUM;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 2642514203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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