Improved plutonium identification and characterization results with a NaI(Tl) detector using ASEDRA

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6945, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Detwiler, R ^a   Sjoden, G ^a   Baciak, J ^a   Lavigne, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeland security; HPGe; Isotope identification; NaI; Pu 239; Radiation detection; Spectroscopy; WGPu

Indexed keywords

APPLIED (CO); DETECTOR RESOLUTION; HOMELAND SECURITY (HLS); PHOTOPEAKS; PLUTONIUM (PU) ISOTOPES; REAL WORLD; RESOLUTION SPECTRA; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SPECTRA (CO); TEST CASES; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (UF);

ALGORITHMS; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BERYLLIUM; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTICS; PHOTONICS; PLUTONIUM; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TESTING; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

ACTINIDES;

EID: 44949227216     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.777128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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