Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities

Ruz, J.; Descalle, M. A.; Alameda, J. B.; Chichester, David L.; Decker, T. A.; Fernandez-Perea, M.; Hill, R. M.; Kisner, Roger A.; Melin, Alexander M.; Patton, Bruce W.; Soufli, R.; Trellue, Holly; Watson, S. M.; Ziock, Klaus -Peter; Pivovaroff, Michael J.; Brejnholt, N. F.

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Title: Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities

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The use of a grazing incidence optic to selectively reflect K-shell fluorescence emission and isotope-specific lines from special nuclear materials is a highly desirable nondestructive analysis method for use in reprocessing fuel environments. Preliminary measurements have been performed, and a simulation suite has been developed to give insight into the design of the x ray optics system as a function of the source emission, multilayer coating characteristics, and general experimental configurations. As a result, the experimental results are compared to the predictions from our simulation toolkit to illustrate the ray-tracing capability and explore the effect of modified optics in future measurement campaigns.

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Ruz, J. ^[1]; Descalle, M. A. ^[1]; Alameda, J. B. ^[1]; Chichester, David L. ^[2]; Decker, T. A. ^[1]; Fernandez-Perea, M. ^[1]; Hill, R. M. ^[1]; Kisner, Roger A. ^[3]; Melin, Alexander M. ^[3]; Patton, Bruce W. ^[3]; Soufli, R. ^[1]; Trellue, Holly ^[4]; Watson, S. M. ^[2]; Ziock, Klaus -Peter ^[3]; Pivovaroff, Michael J. ^[1]; Brejnholt, N. F. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

OSTI Identifier:: 1261552

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1254014

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC52-07NA27344; AC52-06NA25396; AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Applied Optics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6935

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

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                    Ruz, J., Descalle, M. A., Alameda, J. B., Chichester, David L., Decker, T. A., Fernandez-Perea, M., Hill, R. M., Kisner, Roger A., Melin, Alexander M., Patton, Bruce W., Soufli, R., Trellue, Holly, Watson, S. M., Ziock, Klaus -Peter, Pivovaroff, Michael J., and Brejnholt, N. F. Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Ruz, J., Descalle, M. A., Alameda, J. B., Chichester, David L., Decker, T. A., Fernandez-Perea, M., Hill, R. M., Kisner, Roger A., Melin, Alexander M., Patton, Bruce W., Soufli, R., Trellue, Holly, Watson, S. M., Ziock, Klaus -Peter, Pivovaroff, Michael J., & Brejnholt, N. F. Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.004285

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                    Ruz, J., Descalle, M. A., Alameda, J. B., Chichester, David L., Decker, T. A., Fernandez-Perea, M., Hill, R. M., Kisner, Roger A., Melin, Alexander M., Patton, Bruce W., Soufli, R., Trellue, Holly, Watson, S. M., Ziock, Klaus -Peter, Pivovaroff, Michael J., and Brejnholt, N. F. Tue .  
"Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.004285.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1261552.

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@article{osti_1261552,

  title        = {Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities},

  author       = {Ruz, J. and Descalle, M. A. and Alameda, J. B. and Chichester, David L. and Decker, T. A. and Fernandez-Perea, M. and Hill, R. M. and Kisner, Roger A. and Melin, Alexander M. and Patton, Bruce W. and Soufli, R. and Trellue, Holly and Watson, S. M. and Ziock, Klaus -Peter and Pivovaroff, Michael J. and Brejnholt, N. F.},

  abstractNote = {The use of a grazing incidence optic to selectively reflect K-shell fluorescence emission and isotope-specific lines from special nuclear materials is a highly desirable nondestructive analysis method for use in reprocessing fuel environments. Preliminary measurements have been performed, and a simulation suite has been developed to give insight into the design of the x ray optics system as a function of the source emission, multilayer coating characteristics, and general experimental configurations. As a result, the experimental results are compared to the predictions from our simulation toolkit to illustrate the ray-tracing capability and explore the effect of modified optics in future measurement campaigns.},

  doi          = {10.1364/AO.55.004285},

  journal      = {Applied Optics},

  number       = 16,

  volume       = 55,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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