Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
The use of a grazing incidence optic to selectively reflect K-shell fluorescence emission and isotope-specific lines from special nuclear materials is a highly desirable nondestructive analysis method for use in reprocessing fuel environments. Preliminary measurements have been performed, and a simulation suite has been developed to give insight into the design of the x ray optics system as a function of the source emission, multilayer coating characteristics, and general experimental configurations. As a result, the experimental results are compared to the predictions from our simulation toolkit to illustrate the ray-tracing capability and explore the effect of modified optics in future measurement campaigns.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC52-07NA27344; AC52-06NA25396; AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1261552
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1254014
- Journal Information:
- Applied Optics, Vol. 55, Issue 16; ISSN 0003-6935
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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