Scintilla: A new international platform for the development, evaluation and benchmarking of technologies to detect radioactive and nuclear material

Author

Sannie, Guillaume ; Normand, S. ; Peerani, Paolo ; Tagziria, H. ; Friedrich, H. ; Chmel, S. ; De Vita, R. ; Pavan, M. ; Grattarola, M. ; Botta, E. ; Kovacs, A.S. ; Lakosi, L. ; Baumhauer, C. ; Equios, M. ; Petrossian, G. ; Picard, J.M. ; Dermody, G. ; Cro

Author_Institution

CEA Tech, LIST, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

For Homeland Security, enhanced detection and identification of radioactive sources and nuclear material has become of increasing importance. The scintilla project aims at minimizing the risk of radioactive sources dissemination especially with masked and shielded material. SCINTILLA offers the capacity to finding a reliable alternative to Helium-3 based detection systems since the gas which is predominantly used in nuclear safeguards and security applications has now become very expensive, rare and nearly unavailable. SCINTILLA benchmarks will be based on international standards. Radiation Portal testing being carried out at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra (Italy).

Keywords

fission reactor instrumentation; national security; nuclear materials safeguards; radioactive sources; SCINTILLA project; helium-3 based detection systems; homeland security; nuclear material; nuclear safeguards; nuclear security; radioactive sources; shielded material; Benchmark testing; Detectors; Isotopes; Materials; Neutrons; Portals; Helium 3; Homeland security; Neutron; Nuclear instrumentation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2013 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1046-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2013.6728040

Filename

6728040