System for detecting special nuclear materials
Abstract
The present disclosure includes a radiological material detector having a convertor material that emits one or more photons in response to a capture of a neutron emitted by a radiological material; a photon detector arranged around the convertor material and that produces an electrical signal in response to a receipt of a photon; and a processor connected to the photon detector, the processor configured to determine the presence of a radiological material in response to a predetermined signature of the electrical signal produced at the photon detector. One or more detectors described herein can be integrated into a detection system that is suited for use in port monitoring, treaty compliance, and radiological material management activities.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1193371
- Patent Number(s):
- 9081108
- Application Number:
- 13/784,045
- Assignee:
- Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Mar 04
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
Citation Formats
Jandel, Marian, Rusev, Gencho Yordanov, and Taddeucci, Terry Nicholas. System for detecting special nuclear materials. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web.
Jandel, Marian, Rusev, Gencho Yordanov, & Taddeucci, Terry Nicholas. System for detecting special nuclear materials. United States.
Jandel, Marian, Rusev, Gencho Yordanov, and Taddeucci, Terry Nicholas. Tue .
"System for detecting special nuclear materials". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1193371.
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title = {System for detecting special nuclear materials},
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abstractNote = {The present disclosure includes a radiological material detector having a convertor material that emits one or more photons in response to a capture of a neutron emitted by a radiological material; a photon detector arranged around the convertor material and that produces an electrical signal in response to a receipt of a photon; and a processor connected to the photon detector, the processor configured to determine the presence of a radiological material in response to a predetermined signature of the electrical signal produced at the photon detector. One or more detectors described herein can be integrated into a detection system that is suited for use in port monitoring, treaty compliance, and radiological material management activities.},
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year = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
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