Detection of anti-personnel landmines using neutrons and gamma-rays

New technology is needed to assist and accelerate the international effort to remove or neutralize millions of abandoned anti-personnel landmines that litter many former conflict areas around the world. Methods that employ neutrons and gamma rays to detect or identify landmines are now being investi...

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Published in:Radiation physics and chemistry (Oxford, England : 1993) England : 1993), 2004-10, Vol.71 (3), p.749-757
Main Authors: Brooks, F.D., Buffler, A., Allie, M.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antipersonnel landmines
Humanitarian demining
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Summary:New technology is needed to assist and accelerate the international effort to remove or neutralize millions of abandoned anti-personnel landmines that litter many former conflict areas around the world. Methods that employ neutrons and gamma rays to detect or identify landmines are now being investigated as part of this effort. A discussion and review of these methods is presented.
ISSN:0969-806X
1879-0895
DOI:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.04.087