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A detector and method for inspecting a sealed nuclear storage container Download PDF

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WO2008039583A3
WO2008039583A3 PCT/US2007/073235 US2007073235W WO2008039583A3 WO 2008039583 A3 WO2008039583 A3 WO 2008039583A3 US 2007073235 W US2007073235 W US 2007073235W WO 2008039583 A3 WO2008039583 A3 WO 2008039583A3
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storage container
detector
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Augustine J Caffrey
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Battelle Energy Alliance Llc
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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
    • G01T1/167—Measuring radioactive content of objects, e.g. contamination

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Abstract

A detector and methodology for inspecting a sealed nuclear storage container is described and which includes a collimated gamma-ray radiation detector which is moveably borne by the sealed nuclear storage container, and which detects gamma-ray radiation which is emitted by a plurality of spent nuclear fuel sources which are enclosed within the sealed nuclear storage container for purposes of detecting the illicit or unauthorized removal of spent nuclear fuel from the nuclear storage container.
PCT/US2007/073235 2006-09-26 2007-07-11 A detector and method for inspecting a sealed nuclear storage container WO2008039583A2 (en)

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US11/535,084 US7514695B2 (en) 2006-04-24 2006-09-26 Detector and method for inspecting a sealed nuclear storage container

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US3787697A (en) * 1971-01-19 1974-01-22 Ca Atomic Energy Ltd Neutron and gamma flux detector
US4389568A (en) * 1980-05-21 1983-06-21 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Method for monitoring irradiated nuclear fuel using Cerenkov radiation
US4523186A (en) * 1982-08-12 1985-06-11 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Seal system with integral detector
US4962315A (en) * 1987-12-29 1990-10-09 Hitachi, Ltd. Method and apparatus for measuring radioactivity
US6002501A (en) * 1997-06-30 1999-12-14 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp. Method and apparatus for active tamper indicating device using optical time-domain reflectometry
US6624425B2 (en) * 2001-05-03 2003-09-23 Bio-Imaging Research, Inc. Waste inspection tomography and non-destructive assay

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