Pulsed neutron interrogation for detection of Concealed special nuclear materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6213, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ruddy, Frank ^a   Seidel, John ^a   Flammang, Robert ^a   Petrović, Bojan ^a   Dulloo, Abdul ^a   Congedo, Thomas ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; HEU; Neutrons; Silicon carbide; SNM

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; FISSION REACTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON CARBIDE; TRITIUM;

ELECTRONIC NEUTRON GENERATOR; FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR; FISSION NEUTRONS; SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL (SNM);

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 33747665513     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.664467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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