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Gamma-Ray NDA Applications & Techniques

Santi et al., 2024

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3016133853488562346
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Santi P
Hunneke R
Jennings B
Karpius P
Lousteau A
Mercer D
Reilly T
Russo P
Smith S
Venkataraman R
Vo D
Younkin J
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Nondestructive Assay of Nuclear Materials for Safeguards and Security

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This chapter describes various gamma-ray measurement techniques that are used to perform nondestructive assay of nuclear material for nuclear safeguards and nuclear security purposes. Specifically, this chapter focuses on techniques that can be broken up …
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/169—Exploration, location of contaminated surface areas in situ measurement, e.g. floor contamination monitor
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    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/17—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular type of detector
    • G01T1/178—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular type of detector for measuring specific activity in the presence of other radioactive substances, e.g. natural, in the air or in liquids such as rain water
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    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
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    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/161—Application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
    • G01T1/164—Scintigraphy
    • G01T1/1641—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras
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    • G01T1/36—Measuring spectral distribution of X-rays or of nuclear radiation spectrometry
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    • G01T7/00—Details of radiation-measuring instruments
    • G01T7/02—Collecting means for receiving or storing samples to be investigated and possibly directly transporting the samples to the measuring arrangement; particularly for investigating radioactive fluids
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    • G01T1/29—Measurement performed on radiation beams, e.g. position or section of the beam; Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • G01T1/2914—Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • G01T1/2985—In depth localisation, e.g. using positron emitters; Tomographic imaging (longitudinal and transverse section imaging; apparatus for radiation diagnosis sequentially in different planes, steroscopic radiation diagnosis)
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    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/02—Dosimeters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
    • G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
    • G01V5/0008—Detecting hidden objects, e.g. weapons, explosives
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2223/00—Investigating materials by wave or particle radiation
    • G01N2223/07—Investigating materials by wave or particle radiation secondary emission
    • G01N2223/076—X-ray fluorescence
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    • G01N23/02—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation not covered by G01N21/00 or G01N22/00, e.g. X-rays or neutrons by transmitting the radiation through the material
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
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    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
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    • G01T3/06—Measuring neutron radiation with scintillation detectors
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    • G21G—CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
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    • G01N23/20—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation not covered by G01N21/00 or G01N22/00, e.g. X-rays or neutrons by using diffraction of the radiation, e.g. for investigating crystal structure; by using reflection of the radiation
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