Detection of shielded nuclear material in a cargo container

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 562, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1085-1088

  Jones, James L ^a   Norman, Daren R ^a   Haskell, Kevin J ^a   Sterbentz, James W ^a   Yoon, Woo Y ^a   Watson, Scott M ^a   Johnson, James T ^a   Zabriskie, John M ^a   Bennett, Brion D ^a   Watson, Richard W ^a   Moss, Cavin E ^b   Frank Harmon, J ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active interrogation; Cargo containers; Gamma ray signature; Neutron signature; Nuclear smuggling; Photofission

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION SHIELDING; TRANSPORTATION; URANIUM;

ACTIVE INTERROGATION; CARGO CONTAINERS; GAMMA-RAY SIGNATURE; NEUTRON SIGNATURE; NUCLEAR SMUGGLING; PHOTOFISSION;

NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS;

EID: 33744820008     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.101     Document Type: Article

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3. J.L. Jones, et al., Pulsed Photoneutron Interrogation: The GNT Demonstration System, INL/WINCO Report 94-1225, October 1994.