Potential of x-ray diffraction for detecting Special Nuclear Materials (SNMs)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7080, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Harding, G ^a  

^a GE Security Germany GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; APPLICATIONS; ATOMS; CONDITION MONITORING; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; PLUTONIUM; POWDERS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC NUMBERS; CONTAINER TRAFFICS; CUBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; CUBIC LATTICES; CUBICITY; DETECTION TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATIONS; HIGH DENSITIES; PERIODIC TABLES; PHOTON ENERGIES; SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; XRD PATTERNS;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 56249114471     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.800760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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