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Moats, 2016 - Google Patents

Improving the Optical Yield of a Portable Plastic-Scintillator-Based Muon Tomography System

Moats, 2016

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2697532898525719043
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Moats K
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A portable muon tomography system could be used to image suspect Special Nuclear Material (SNM) objects that are approximately 1 m 3 or smaller. The work in this report focuses on the simulation and laboratory studies of this system for use by the Canadian …
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    • G01T1/20—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors
    • G01T1/2006—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors using a combination of a scintillator and photodetector which measures the means radiation intensity
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