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Title: Cosmic ray radiography of the damaged cores of the Fukushima reactors

Abstract

The passage of muons through matter is dominated by the Coulomb interaction with electrons and nuclei. The interaction with the electrons leads to continuous energy loss and stopping of the muons. The interaction with nuclei leads to angle “diffusion.” Two muon-imaging methods that use flux attenuation and multiple Coulomb scattering of cosmic-ray muons are being studied as tools for diagnosing the damaged cores of the Fukushima reactors. Here, we compare these two methods. We conclude that the scattering method can provide detailed information about the core. Lastly, attenuation has low contrast and little sensitivity to the core.

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1238174
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-12-23524
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS

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Borozdin, Konstantin, Greene, Steven, Lukić, Zarija, Milner, Edward, Miyadera, Haruo, Morris, Christopher, and Perry, John. Cosmic ray radiography of the damaged cores of the Fukushima reactors. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.152501.
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Borozdin, Konstantin, Greene, Steven, Lukić, Zarija, Milner, Edward, Miyadera, Haruo, Morris, Christopher, & Perry, John. Cosmic ray radiography of the damaged cores of the Fukushima reactors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.152501
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Borozdin, Konstantin, Greene, Steven, Lukić, Zarija, Milner, Edward, Miyadera, Haruo, Morris, Christopher, and Perry, John. Thu . "Cosmic ray radiography of the damaged cores of the Fukushima reactors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.152501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1238174.
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@article{osti_1238174,
title = {Cosmic ray radiography of the damaged cores of the Fukushima reactors},
author = {Borozdin, Konstantin and Greene, Steven and Lukić, Zarija and Milner, Edward and Miyadera, Haruo and Morris, Christopher and Perry, John},
abstractNote = {The passage of muons through matter is dominated by the Coulomb interaction with electrons and nuclei. The interaction with the electrons leads to continuous energy loss and stopping of the muons. The interaction with nuclei leads to angle “diffusion.” Two muon-imaging methods that use flux attenuation and multiple Coulomb scattering of cosmic-ray muons are being studied as tools for diagnosing the damaged cores of the Fukushima reactors. Here, we compare these two methods. We conclude that the scattering method can provide detailed information about the core. Lastly, attenuation has low contrast and little sensitivity to the core.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.152501},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 109,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}
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