Title :
Employment of the pulsed ion accelerator as a high-power intermediate energy neutron generator for remote detection of nuclear explosives
Author :
Chornyi, V. ; Frolov, O. ; Tsepilov, G. ; Dubina, V. ; Chornyi, A. ; Pis´menetskyi, S. ; Solovyov, V. ; Ushakov, I.
Author_Institution :
Kharkiv Nat. Univ., Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract :
The paper offers a possibility of remote detection of /sup 235/U and /sup 239/Pu nuclides using a technique of pulsed illumination (probing) of a target with sub-MeV-energy-range neutrons. The proposed technique is based on registration of the object response induced radiation when the object is irradiated by a high-power neutron pulse. The sensitivity of the technique (detection distance) is determined by the illumination source power, and by efficiency and discrimination capability of the induced emission detectors.
Keywords :
neutron detection; neutron sources; nuclear explosions; object detection; plutonium; radiation monitoring; remote sensing; uranium; /sup 235/U; /sup 239/Pu; detection distance; discrimination; high-power intermediate energy neutron generator; high-power neutron pulse; induced emission detectors; nuclear explosives; object response induced radiation; pulsed illumination; pulsed ion accelerator; remote detection; source power; Condition monitoring; Detectors; Employment; Ion accelerators; Lighting; Neutrons; Nuclear power generation; Object detection; Probes; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. PPPS-2001. Digest of Technical Papers
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7120-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPPS.2001.1001792
