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Tinsley, J.R.; Hurley, J.P.; Trainham, R.; Keegan, R.P.
National Security Technologies, LLC (United States). Funding organisation: US Department of Energy (United States); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (United States)2008
National Security Technologies, LLC (United States). Funding organisation: US Department of Energy (United States); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (United States)2008
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[en] In an extension of the Associated Particle Imaging technique that is used for the detection and imaging of hidden explosives, the present measurements use a beam of tagged 14.1 MeV neutrons in coincidence with two or more gammas to probe for the presence of fissionable materials. We have measured neutron-gamma-gamma coincidences with targets of depleted uranium, tungsten, lead, iron, and carbon and will present results that show the multiple-coincidence counting rate for the depleted uranium is substantially higher than any of the non-fissionable materials. In addition, the presence of coincidences involving delayed particle spectra provides a signature for fissionable materials that is distinct from that for non-fissionable ones. Information from the tagged neutron involved in the coincidence event is used to compute the position of the fissionable material in all three dimensions. The result is an imaging probe for fissionable materials that is compact and portable, and produces relatively low levels of background radiation. Simultaneous measurements on packages of interest for both explosives and fissionable materials are now feasible.
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14 Nov 2008; 12 p; Health Physics Society Meeting; San Antonio, TX (United States); 31 Jan - 3 Feb 2009; AC52-06NA25946; Also available from OSTI as DE00992605; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/992605-lVfNAP/
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