Scanning Cargo Containers with Tagged Neutrons

Journal Article · Fri Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2813872· OSTI ID:21036095

Viesti, G; Botosso, C; Fabris, D; Lunardon, M; Moretto, S; Nebbia, G; Pesente, S ^[1]; Zenoni, A; Donzella, A ^[2]; Perot, B; Carasco, C; Bernard, S; Mariani, A ^[3]; Szabo, J -L; Sannie, G ^[4]; Valkovic, V; Sudac, D; Nad, K ^[5]; Peerani, P; Sequeira, V ^[6]

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1. INFN and Universita di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
2. INFN and Universita di Brescia, 38 Via Branze 25123 Brescia (Italy)
3. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, 13108 St Paul-lez-Durance (France)
4. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, 91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette (France)
5. Institute Ruder Boskovic, 54 Bijenicka c. 10000 Zagreb (Croatia)
6. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, I-21020 Ispra (Italy)

A new Tagged Neutron Inspection System (TNIS) able to detect illicit materials such as explosives and narcotics in cargo containers has been developed within the EURopean Illicit TRAfficing Countermeasures Kit (EURITRACK) project. After the R and D phase, the inspection portal has been installed and commissioned at the Rijeka seaport in Croatia, where it has been operated in connection with the existing X-ray scanner for a first two-month demonstration campaign. Results obtained are presented and discussed in this paper.

• OSTI ID: 21036095
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 947, Issue 1; Conference: 7. Latin American symposium on nuclear physics and applications, Cusco (Peru), 11-16 Jun 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2813872; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CARGO
CONTAINERS
CROATIA
DETECTION
EXPLOSIVES
IMAGE SCANNERS
NARCOTICS
NEUTRONS
X RADIATION
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY