A preliminary design study for improving performance in tomographic assays
The authors recently introduced the tomographic-gamma-scanner (TGS) method for assaying transuranic (TRU) waste and special nuclear material (SNM) in 55-gal drums. The TGS combines low-resolution emission and transmission tomography to obtain attenuation-corrected images of the radionuclide distribution inside a drum. In a low-resolution tomographic assay device, it is desirable to have as flat an efficiency profile as possible. Using computer simulations, they have demonstrated that a flat response in the vertical direction can be obtained by using a diamond-shaped collimator, and that this flatness of response translates into improved assay accuracy. Similarly, they have shown that the use of a continuous-motion scan protocol reduces horizontal efficiency variations.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 142477
- Report Number(s):
- LA--12727-MS; ON: DE94008779
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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