Fieldable Nuclear Material Identification System
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The Fieldable Nuclear Material Identification System (FNMIS), funded by the NA-241 Office of Dismantlement and Transparency, provides information to determine the material attributes and identity of heavily shielded nuclear objects. This information will provide future treaty participants with verifiable information required by the treaty regime. The neutron interrogation technology uses a combination of information from induced fission neutron radiation and transmitted neutron imaging information to provide high confidence that the shielded item is consistent with the host's declaration. The combination of material identification information and the shape and configuration of the item are very difficult to spoof. When used at various points in the warhead dismantlement sequence, the information complimented by tags and seals can be used to track subassembly and piece part information as the disassembly occurs. The neutron transmission imaging has been developed during the last seven years and the signature analysis over the last several decades. The FNMIS is the culmination of the effort to put the technology in a usable configuration for potential treaty verification purposes.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1036551
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 51st INMM Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD (United States), 11-16 Jul 2010
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CONFIGURATION
FISSION NEUTRONS
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
NEUTRONS
RADIATIONS
SHAPE
VERIFICATION
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Fieldable Nuclear Material Identification System (FNMIS)
Neutron Interrogation Technology
Neutron Transmission Imaging
Signature Analysis
Treaty Verification