Preliminary results utilizing high-energy fission product γ-rays to detect fissionable material in cargo

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 241, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 777-781

  Slaughter, D R ^a   Accatino, M R ^a   Bernstein, A ^a   Church, J A ^a   Descalle, M A ^a   Gosnell, T B ^a   Hall, J M ^a   Loshak, A ^a   Manatt, D R ^a   Mauger, G J ^a   Moore, T L ^a   Norman, E B ^a   Pohl, B A ^a   Pruet, J A ^a   Petersen, D C ^a   Walling, R S ^a   Weirup, D L ^a   Prussin, S G ^b   McDowell, M ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active interrogation; Cargo screening; Fission product radiation; Neutron source

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; CONTAINERS; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; SCREENING;

ACTIVE INTERROGATION; CARGO SCREENING; FISSION PRODUCT Γ RADIATION; NEUTRON SOURCE;

FISSION PRODUCTS;

EID: 28044453508     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.07.236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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