Device for Detection of Explosives, Nuclear and Other Hazardous Materials in Luggage and Cargo Containers

Journal Article · Wed Dec 02 04:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3275656· OSTI ID:21371335

Kuznetsov, Andrey; Evsenin, Alexey; Osetrov, Oleg; Vakhtin, Dmitry ^[1]; Gorshkov, Igor ^[2]

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1. V. G. Khlopin Radium Institute, 28 2nd Murinsky pr., 194021, Saint-Petersburg (Russian Federation)
2. Applied Physics Science and Technology Center, 27A Gzhatskaya st., Saint-Petersburg (Russian Federation)

Device for detection of explosives, radioactive and heavily shielded nuclear materials in luggage and cargo containers based on Nanosecond Neutron Analysis/Associated Particles Technique (NNA/APT) is under construction. Detection module consists of a small neutron generator with built-in position-sensitive detector of associated alpha-particles, and several scintillator-based gamma-ray detectors. Explosives and other hazardous chemicals are detected by analyzing secondary high-energy gamma-rays from reactions of fast neutrons with materials inside a container. The same gamma-ray detectors are used to detect unshielded radioactive and nuclear materials. An array of several neutron detectors is used to detect fast neutrons from induced fission of nuclear materials. Coincidence and timing analysis allows one to discriminate between fission neutrons and scattered probing neutrons. Mathematical modeling by MCNP5 and MCNP-PoliMi codes was used to estimate the sensitivity of the device and its optimal configuration. Comparison of the features of three gamma detector types--based on BGO, NaI and LaBr{sub 3} crystals is presented.

• OSTI ID: 21371335
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1194; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALPHA DETECTION
BARYONS
BGO DETECTORS
BROMIDES
BROMINE COMPOUNDS
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
COINCIDENCE CIRCUITS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DATA ACQUISITION
DETECTION
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY SOURCES
EVALUATION
FAST NEUTRONS
FERMIONS
FISSION NEUTRONS
FUELS
GAMMA DETECTION
HADRONS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
LANTHANUM BROMIDES
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
M CODES
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NAI DETECTORS
NEUTRON DETECTORS
NEUTRON GENERATORS
NEUTRON SOURCES
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEONS
PARTICLE SOURCES
POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION SOURCES
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
REACTOR MATERIALS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SENSITIVITY
SIMULATION
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS