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Applying the photonuclear technique to fissile materials detection

  • Proceedings of the International Conference “Nuclei-2010. Methods of Nuclear Physics for Femto- and Nanotechnologies” (The 60th International Meeting on Nuclear Spectroscopy and the Structure of Atomic Nuclei)
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Application of a photonuclear technique is considered as a nondestructive method for detecting the unauthorized transporting of camouflaged fissile nuclear material in cargo containers. The advantages of the technique (the use of time selection and the analysis of energy distributions of delayed neutrons) are demonstrated. The operating modes of the accelerator were optimized by modeling. A version of a neutron scintillation spectrometer based on a stylbene monocrystal is presented along with its schematic and main parameters.

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  1. Institute of Energy Problems in Chemistry Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 38, Moscow, 117334, Russia

    S. S. Verbitskii, V. N. Emokhonov, M. A. Tikhanov & A. N. Tselebrovskii

  2. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-let Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    A. M. Lapik, V. G. Nedorezov, A. V. Rusakov, G. V. Solodukhov & A. A. Turinge

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Original Russian Text © S.S. Verbitskii, V.N. Emokhonov, A.M. Lapik, V.G. Nedorezov, A.V. Rusakov, G.V. Solodukhov, M.A. Tikhanov, A.A. Turinge, A.N. Tselebrovskii, 2011, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2011, Vol. 75, No. 11, pp. 1640–1645.

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Verbitskii, S.S., Emokhonov, V.N., Lapik, A.M. et al. Applying the photonuclear technique to fissile materials detection. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 75, 1544–1548 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873811040411

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