Imaging Spent Fuel in Dry Storage Casks with Cosmic Ray Muons
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Washington, DC (United States)
Highly energetic cosmic ray muons are a natural source of ionizing radiation that can be used to make tomographic images of the interior of dense objects. Muons are capable of penetrating large amounts of shielding that defeats typical radiographic probes like neutrons or photons. This is the only technique which can examine spent nuclear fuel rods sealed inside dry casks.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1225563
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-28684; TRN: US1500863
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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