Applications and Deployment of Neutron Scatter Cameras in Nuclear Safeguards Scenarios
- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States); University of Michigan
- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Neutron scatter cameras (NSCs) are a type of directionally sensitive neutron detector that rely on two consecutive neutron scattering events to localize a source of neutrons. NSCs can be used to locate, image, and identify unknown neutron sources or verify the geometry and identity of known sources. Much technical progress has been made in improving NSC designs, but little literature exists exploring the full range of practical application of neutron scatter cameras. This paper seeks to identify scenarios related to nuclear security and non-proliferation where deployment of NSCs may be useful. These situations could include: limited searches for sources during cargo screening, counting nuclear warheads for treaty verification, verification of special nuclear material during inspections, imaging nuclear contamination, imaging nuclear reactor cores, searching for lost sources, and matching neutron images in shipper/receiver or inventory management scenarios. These scenarios are examined with respect to existing NSC designs and proposed designs in terms of usefulness and practicality of deployment when compared to currently used detection systems.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (NA-22)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0003920
- OSTI ID:
- 1804867
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Nuclear Materials Management, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Management Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 48; ISSN 0893-6188
- Publisher:
- Institute of Nuclear Materials ManagementCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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