Non-contact measurement of partial gas pressure and distribution of elemental composition using energy-resolved neutron imaging

Tremsin, A. S.; Losko, A. S.; Vogel, S. C.; Byler, D. D.; McClellan, K. J.; Bourke, M. A. M.; Vallerga, J. V.

doi:10.1063/1.4975632

Title: Non-contact measurement of partial gas pressure and distribution of elemental composition using energy-resolved neutron imaging

Journal Article · Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2017 · AIP Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4975632· OSTI ID:1362037

Tremsin, A. S. ^[1]; Losko, A. S. ^[2];

^[2]; Byler, D. D. ^[2]; McClellan, K. J. ^[2]; Bourke, M. A. M. ^[2]; Vallerga, J. V. ^[1]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Neutron resonance absorption imaging is a non-destructive technique that can characterize the elemental composition of a sample by measuring nuclear resonances in the spectrum of a transmitted beam. Recent developments in pixelated time-of-flight imaging detectors coupled with pulsed neutron sources pose new opportunities for energy-resolved imaging. In this paper we demonstrate non-contact measurements of the partial pressure of xenon and krypton gases encapsulated in a steel pipe while simultaneously passing the neutron beam through high-Z materials. The configuration was chosen as a proof of principle demonstration of the potential to make non-destructive measurement of gas composition in nuclear fuel rods. The pressure measured from neutron transmission spectra (~739 ± 98 kPa and ~751 ± 154 kPa for two Xe resonances) is in relatively good agreement with the pressure value of ~758 ± 21 kPa measured by a pressure gauge. This type of imaging has been performed previously for solids with a spatial resolution of ~ 100 μm. In the present study it is demonstrated that the high penetration capability of epithermal neutrons enables quantitative mapping of gases encapsulate within high-Z materials such as steel, tungsten, urania and others. This technique may be beneficial for the non-destructive testing of bulk composition of objects (such as spent nuclear fuel assemblies and others) containing various elements opaque to other more conventional imaging techniques. As a result, the ability to image the gaseous substances concealed within solid materials also allows non-destructive leak testing of various containers and ultimately measurement of gas partial pressures with sub-mm spatial resolution.

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Research Organization:: NOVA Scientific Inc., Sturbridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER86322; FG02-08ER86353; SC0009657

OSTI ID:: 1362037

Journal Information:: AIP Advances, Vol. 7, Issue 1; ISSN 2158-3226

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