See inside: The development of a cosmic ray muon imaging system to aid the clean up of the UK's nuclear waste legacy

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 507-517

  Stanley, S J ^a   Rhodes, D ^a   Jenneson, P M ^b   Gilboy, W B ^b   Simons, S J R ^c  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAPPING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

COSMIC RAY MUON IMAGING SYSTEMS; STORAGE VESSELS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 38849152169     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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