Feasibility of prompt correlated counting from photon interrogation of concealed nuclear materials

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

Volumn 583, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 412-420

  Padovani, Enrico ^a   Clarke, Shaun D ^b   Pozzi, Sara A ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidentals; Correlated counts; MCNP PoliMi; MCNPX; Photofission

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

CORRELATED COUNTS; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; MCNP-POLIMI; PHOTOFISSION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 36148931347     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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