Feasibility Study of a Portable Coupled 3He Neutron Detector with LaBr3 Gamma Scintillator for the Purpose of Plutonium Identification and Quantification

Feasibility Study of a Portable Coupled 3He Neutron Detector with LaBr3 Gamma Scintillator for the Purpose of Plutonium Identification and Quantification

Citation:

D.C. Strohmeyer and W.S. Charlton, “Feasibility Study of a Portable Coupled 3He Neutron Detector with LaBr3 Gamma Scintillator for the Purpose of Plutonium Identification and Quantification”, Proceedings of 31st Annual Meeting of ESARDA, May 26-28, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Abstract:

Associated Project:

1. Safeguards Instrumentation Development for Measuring Pu via Coincident Neutron-Gamma Signals

2. SHIELD (Smuggled HEU Interdiction through Enhanced anaLysis and Detection): A Framework for Developing Novel Detection Systems Focused on Interdicting Shielded HEU