Detection of concealed Special Nuclear Material using Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence technique

Detection method based on nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) technique targeting concealed special nuclear material (SNM) has been discussed. Customized DAQ system has been developed to handle high rate events in NRF measurements by implementing real-time DSP on fast ADC and FPGA chip. Experiments...

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Main Authors: Yang, H., Wehe, D.K.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Data acquisition
Digital signal processing chips
Field programmable gate arrays
Fluorescence
Lanthanum
Real time systems
Resonance
Scintillation counters
Semiconductor device measurement
Solid scintillation detectors
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Summary:Detection method based on nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) technique targeting concealed special nuclear material (SNM) has been discussed. Customized DAQ system has been developed to handle high rate events in NRF measurements by implementing real-time DSP on fast ADC and FPGA chip. Experiments have been setup for feasibility study utilizing a 3 MeV Van de Graaff accelerator. NRF peaks from various samples have been observed using both HPGe detector and lanthanum halide scintillation detector.
ISSN:1082-3654
2577-0829
DOI:10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401558