Open AccessCharacterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities
Author(s) -
J. Ruz,
Marie-Anne Descalle,
Jennifer Alameda,
Nicolai Brejnholt,
David L. Chichester,
Todd A. Decker,
Mónica Fernández-Perea,
R.M. Hill,
R.A. Kisner,
Alexander M. Melin,
Brandy Patton,
Régina Soufli,
Holly Trellue,
Scott M. Watson,
Klaus P. Ziock,
M. J. Pivovaroff
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
applied optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 197
ISSN - 0003-6935
DOI - 10.1364/ao.55.004285
Subject(s) - ray tracing (physics) , optics , coating , materials science , rod , nuclear engineering , characterization (materials science) , computer science , physics , nanotechnology , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The use of a grazing incidence optic to selectively reflect K-shell fluorescence emission and isotope-specific lines from special nuclear materials is a highly desirable nondestructive analysis method for use in reprocessing fuel environments. Preliminary measurements have been performed, and a simulation suite has been developed to give insight into the design of the x ray optics system as a function of the source emission, multilayer coating characteristics, and general experimental configurations. The experimental results are compared to the predictions from our simulation toolkit to illustrate the ray-tracing capability and explore the effect of modified optics in future measurement campaigns.