Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence and Isotopic Mapping of Containers

Conference · Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3120132· OSTI ID:945634

Johnson, M S; McNabb, D P

National security programs have expressed interest in developing systems to isotopically map shipping containers, fuel assemblies, and waste barrels for various materials including special nuclear material (SNM). Current radiographic systems offer little more than an ambiguous density silhouette of a container's contents. In this paper we will present a system being developed at LLNL to isotopically map containers using the nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) method. Recent experimental measurements on NRF strengths in SNM are discussed.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 945634
• Report Number(s): LLNL-PROC-406212; TRN: US0901035
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: 20th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Ft Worth, TX, United States, Aug 10 - Aug 15, 2008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ACCELERATORS
CONTAINERS
FUEL ASSEMBLIES
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
NATIONAL SECURITY
RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE
WASTES