[go: up one dir, main page]
More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/

Sandness et al., 2009 - Google Patents

Accurate modeling of the terrestrial gamma-ray background for homeland security applications

Sandness et al., 2009

Document ID
8128043379269937882
Author
Sandness G
Schweppe J
Hensley W
Borgardt J
Mitchell A
Publication year
Publication venue
2009 IEEE nuclear science symposium conference record (NSS/MIC)

External Links

Snippet

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed computer models to simulate the use of radiation portal monitors to screen vehicles and cargo for the presence of illicit radioactive material. The gamma radiation emitted by the vehicles or cargo containers must …
Continue reading at ieeexplore.ieee.org (other versions)

Classifications

    • 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
    • G01V5/0075—Passive interrogation
    • 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
    • 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
    • G01T1/17—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
    • 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
    • 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
    • G01V5/02—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for surface logging, e.g. from aircraft
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/02—Dosimeters
    • G01T1/026—Semiconductor dose-rate meters
    • 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
    • G01V5/04—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging
    • G01V5/08—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging using primary nuclear radiation sources or X-rays
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N23/00—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
    • 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
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N23/00—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
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T3/00—Measuring neutron radiation
    • G01T3/06—Measuring neutron radiation with scintillation detectors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/29—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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/36—Measuring spectral distribution of X-rays or of nuclear radiation spectrometry
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T7/00—Details of radiation-measuring instruments

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
Bonomi et al. Applications of cosmic-ray muons
Adhikari et al. nEXO: neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond 1028 year half-life sensitivity
Tanaka et al. Development of a two-fold segmented detection system for near horizontally cosmic-ray muons to probe the internal structure of a volcano
CA2940959C (en) Discrimination of low-atomic weight materials using scattering and stopping of cosmic-ray electrons and muons
Eleon et al. Experimental and MCNP simulated gamma-ray spectra for the UNCOSS neutron-based explosive detector
CN103853929A (en) Low-resolution gamma energy spectrum inversion analysis process and method based on Monte Carlo response matrix
Kock et al. Comparison of airborne and terrestrial gamma spectrometry measurements-evaluation of three areas in southern Sweden
Van der Veeke et al. Footprint and height corrections for UAV-borne gamma-ray spectrometry studies
Perot et al. Measurement of 14 MeV neutron-induced prompt gamma-ray spectra from 15 elements found in cargo containers
Lee et al. Validation of energy-weighted algorithm for radiation portal monitor using plastic scintillator
Sivels et al. A review of the developments of radioxenon detectors for nuclear explosion monitoring
El Kanawati et al. Conversion factors from counts to chemical ratios for the EURITRACK tagged neutron inspection system
Sandness et al. Accurate modeling of the terrestrial gamma-ray background for homeland security applications
Yáñez et al. A method to measure the integral vertical intensity and angular distribution of atmospheric muons with a stationary plastic scintillator bar detector
Androulakaki et al. Seabed radioactivity based on in situ measurements and Monte Carlo simulations
Bae et al. Neutron and muon-induced background studies for the AMoRE double-beta decay experiment
Sardet et al. Gamma signatures of the C-BORD tagged neutron inspection system
Aleksakhin et al. Use of the tagged neutron technique for detecting dangerous underwater substances
Mitchell et al. Gamma-ray and neutron background comparison of US metropolitan areas
Carasco et al. Material characterization in cemented radioactive waste with the associated particle technique
Heffern et al. Active neutron interrogation experiments and simulation verification using the SIngle-scintillator Neutron and Gamma-Ray spectrometer (SINGR) for geosciences
Thoreson et al. Efficient calculation of detection probabilities
Verdoya et al. Natural gamma-ray spectrometry as a tool for radiation dose and radon hazard modelling
Ohnishi et al. Conversion factor and uncertainty estimation for quantification of towed gamma-ray detector measurements in Tohoku coastal waters
Shirakawa et al. Remote sensing of nuclear accidents using a direction finding detector