Construction, commissioning and first data from the CRIPT muon tomography project

Author

Anghel, Vlad ; Armitage, J. ; Botte, J. ; Boudjemline, K. ; Bryman, D. ; Bueno, J. ; Charles, E. ; Cousins, T. ; Erlandson, A. ; Gallant, G. ; Gazit, Ran ; Golovko, V.V. ; Hydomako, R. ; Jewett, C. ; Jonkmans, G. ; Liu, Zhe ; Magill, M. ; Noel, S. ; Oakha

Author_Institution

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, ON, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

738

Lastpage

742

Abstract

The Cosmic Ray Inspection and Passive Tomography (CRIPT) project is investigating muon scattering tomography (MST) for applications in border security, nuclear non-proliferation, and nuclear waste characterization. The construction of the full-scale prototype MST system began in the Summer of 2011 and was completed in September 2012. The CRIPT detector employs 12 layers of scintillator to track atmospheric muons before and after passage through a volume of interest, and to estimate each muon´s momentum. The total height of the system is 5.5 m and its weight is 20 tonnes. Details of its construction are presented. After the integration of the custom data acquisition electronics, the commissioning of the CRIPT detector began. The first tomographic images were obtained in October 2012 and are presented here.

Keywords

cosmic ray apparatus; national security; nuclear materials safeguards; tomography; AD 2011; AD 2012 09; AD 2012 10; CRIPT Muon Tomography Project; Cosmic Ray Inspection and Passive Tomography project; border security; muon scattering tomography; nuclear nonproliferation; nuclear waste characterization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551201

Filename

6551201