Special nuclear material detection studies with the SMANDRA mobile system | Zendy

D. Cester | Zendy; G. Nebbia | Zendy; L. Stevanato | Zendy; G. Viesti | Zendy; F. Neri | Zendy; S. Petrucci | Zendy; S. Selmi | Zendy; C. Tintori | Zendy; P. Peerani | Zendy; Alice Tomanin | Zendy

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Special nuclear material detection studies with the SMANDRA mobile system

Author(s) -

D. Cester,

G. Nebbia,

L. Stevanato,

G. Viesti,

F. Neri,

S. Petrucci,

S. Selmi,

C. Tintori,

P. Peerani,

Alice Tomanin

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

aip conference proceedings

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1551-7616

pISSN - 0094-243X

DOI - 10.1063/1.3688822

Subject(s) - neutron , plutonium , electromagnetic shielding , uranium , interrogation , gamma ray , neutron detection , enriched uranium , nuclear engineering , nuclear material , materials science , physics , radiochemistry , nuclear physics , engineering , chemistry , archaeology , composite material , history

The detection of special nuclear material has been studied with the SMANDRA mobile inspection system used both as a high sensitivity passive neutron/gamma spectroscopic tool and as an active inspection device using tagged neutrons. The detection of plutonium samples is possible with passive interrogation, the passive detection of uranium being much more difficult because of the low neutron yield and of the easiness of shielding the gamma rays. However, we show that active interrogation with tagged neutrons is able to provide signatures for the discrimination of uranium against other materials

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