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Title: Device and method for locating a radiation emitting source via angular dependence using a single detection crystal

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OSTI ID:1470765
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A device for sensing, locating, and characterizing a radiation emitting source, including: a detection crystal having dimensions great enough such that regional differences in radiation response are generated in the detection crystal by radiation impinging on one or more surfaces of the detection crystal; and a plurality of detectors one or more of coupled to and disposed on a plurality of surfaces of the detection crystal operable for detecting the regional differences in radiation response generated in the detection crystal by the radiation impinging on the one or more surfaces of the detection crystal.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
NA0001942
Assignee:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); Jozef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana, SI); AISense D.O.O. (Podsreda, SI)
Patent Number(s):
10,054,697
Application Number:
15/484,757
OSTI ID:
1470765
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2017 Apr 11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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