Published January 13, 2014
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Journal article
Analysis of muon radiography of the Toshiba nuclear critical assembly reactor
Creators
- 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
- 2. Toshiba Corporation, 8 Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama 235-8523 (Japan)
- 3. Tokyo Electric Power Company, 1-1-3 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
- 4. Toshiba Corporation, 4-1 Ukishima-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-0862 (Japan)
Description
A 1.2 × 1.2 m2 muon tracker was moved from Los Alamos to the Toshiba facility at Kawasaki, Japan, where it was used to take ∼4 weeks of data radiographing the Toshiba Critical Assembly Reactor with cosmic ray muons. In this paper, we describe the analysis procedure, show results of this experiment, and compare the results to Monte Carlo predictions. The results validate the concept of using cosmic rays to image the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.4862475;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Physics Letters
- Journal Volume
- 104
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 024110-024110.4
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- CODEN
- APPLAB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45097089
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC RADIATION; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION; IMAGES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUON DETECTION; MUONS; PARTICLE TRACKS
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; REACTOR SITES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2014 Author(s)