Final Report for NFE-13-0019: Analysis of Muon Radiography of the Toshiba Nuclear Critical Assembly Reactor and Path Forward
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
A 1.2×1.2 m2 muon tracker was moved from Los Alamos to the Toshiba facility at Kawasaki, Japan where it was used to take ~4 weeks of data radiographing the Toshiba Critical Assembly Reactor with cosmic ray muons. In this paper we describe the analysis procedure, show results of this experiment and compare the results to Monte Carlo predictions. The results validate the concept of using cosmic rays to image the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Tokyo Electric Power Company, 1-1-3; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1110308
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--13-29342
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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