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Title: Photon and neutron active interrogation of highly enriched uranium.

Abstract

The physics of photon and neutron active interrogation of highly enriched uranium (HEU) using the delayed neutron reinterrogation method is described in this paper. Two sets of active interrogation experiments were performed using a set of subcritical configurations of cocentric HEU metal hemishells. One set of measurements utilized a pulsed 14-MeV neutron generator as the active source. The second set of measurements utilized a linear accelerator-based bremsstrahlung photon source as an active interrogation source. The neutron responses were measured for both sets of experiments. The operational details and results for both measurement sets are described.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. William L.
  2. Charles A.
  3. Charles L.
  4. Calvin E.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
977866
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-04-6565
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: US1003746
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 769; Conference: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR DATA FOR SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY (ND04), September 2004, SANTA FE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; DELAYED NEUTRONS; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM; NEUTRON GENERATORS; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Myers, W L, Goulding, C A, Hollas, C L, and Moss, C E. Photon and neutron active interrogation of highly enriched uranium.. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.1063/1.1945334.
Myers, W L, Goulding, C A, Hollas, C L, & Moss, C E. Photon and neutron active interrogation of highly enriched uranium.. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1945334
Myers, W L, Goulding, C A, Hollas, C L, and Moss, C E. 2004. "Photon and neutron active interrogation of highly enriched uranium.". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1945334. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/977866.
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title = {Photon and neutron active interrogation of highly enriched uranium.},
author = {Myers, W L and Goulding, C A and Hollas, C L and Moss, C E},
abstractNote = {The physics of photon and neutron active interrogation of highly enriched uranium (HEU) using the delayed neutron reinterrogation method is described in this paper. Two sets of active interrogation experiments were performed using a set of subcritical configurations of cocentric HEU metal hemishells. One set of measurements utilized a pulsed 14-MeV neutron generator as the active source. The second set of measurements utilized a linear accelerator-based bremsstrahlung photon source as an active interrogation source. The neutron responses were measured for both sets of experiments. The operational details and results for both measurement sets are described.},
doi = {10.1063/1.1945334},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/977866}, journal = {},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = ,
volume = 769,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2004}
}

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