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Title: Use of MCNP + GADRAS in Generating More Realistic Gamma-Ray Spectra for Plutonium and HEU Objects

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1047097
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  2. North Carolina State University
  3. Sandia National Laboratory

The ability to accurately simulate high-resolution gamma spectra from materials that emit both neutrons and gammas is very important to the analysis of special nuclear materials (SNM), e.g., uranium and plutonium. One approach under consideration has been to combine MCNP and GADRAS. This approach is expected to generate more accurate gamma ray spectra for complex three-dimensional geometries than can be obtained from one-dimensional deterministic transport simulations (e.g., ONEDANT). This presentation describes application of combining MCNP and GADRAS in simulating plutonium and uranium spectra.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/LANL
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1047097
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-12-23282; TRN: US1203858
Resource Relation:
Conference: Nuclear Emergency Spectroscopic Analysts (NESA) 2012 meeting ; 2012-07-23 - 2012-07-27 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English