Los Alamos Using Neutrons to Stop Nuclear Smugglers
Abstract
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have successfully demonstrated for the first time that laser-generated neutrons can be enlisted as a useful tool in the War on Terror. The international research team used the short-pulse laser at Los Alamos's TRIDENT facility to generate a neutron beam with novel characteristics that interrogated a closed container to confirm the presence and quantity of nuclear material inside. The successful experiment paves the way for creation of a table-top-sized or truck-mounted neutron generator that could be installed at strategic locations worldwide to thwart smugglers trafficking in nuclear materials.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1132871
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; NATIONAL SECURITY; NUCLEAR SAFEGUARD; NUCLEAR DETECTION; NEUTRON LASER; NEUTRON DETECTORS; SMUGGLING
Citation Formats
Favalli, Andrea, Swinhoe, Martyn, and Roark, Kevin. Los Alamos Using Neutrons to Stop Nuclear Smugglers. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web.
Favalli, Andrea, Swinhoe, Martyn, & Roark, Kevin. Los Alamos Using Neutrons to Stop Nuclear Smugglers. United States.
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"Los Alamos Using Neutrons to Stop Nuclear Smugglers". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1132871.
@article{osti_1132871,
title = {Los Alamos Using Neutrons to Stop Nuclear Smugglers},
author = {Favalli, Andrea and Swinhoe, Martyn and Roark, Kevin},
abstractNote = {Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have successfully demonstrated for the first time that laser-generated neutrons can be enlisted as a useful tool in the War on Terror. The international research team used the short-pulse laser at Los Alamos's TRIDENT facility to generate a neutron beam with novel characteristics that interrogated a closed container to confirm the presence and quantity of nuclear material inside. The successful experiment paves the way for creation of a table-top-sized or truck-mounted neutron generator that could be installed at strategic locations worldwide to thwart smugglers trafficking in nuclear materials.},
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year = {2013},
month = {6}
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