Experimental validation of MCNP simulations for the EURITRACK Tagged Neutron Inspection System
Creators
- 1. Universita di Brescia, 38 Via Branze, 25123 Brescia (Italy) and INFN Sezione di Pavia, 6 Via Bassi, 27100 Pavia (Italy)
- 2. Universita di Brescia, 38 Via Branze, 25123 Brescia (Italy)
- 3. INFN Sezione di Pavia, 6 Via Bassi, 27100 Pavia (Italy)
- 4. Universita di Pavia, 6 Via Bassi, 27100 Pavia (Italy)
- 5. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, 13108 St. Paul-lez-Durance (France)
- 6. Institute Ruder Boskovic, 54 Bijenicka, c. 10000 Zagreb (Croatia)
Description
The detection of illicit trafficking such as explosive materials inside large commercial payloads is today an important worldwide problem. Differently from the X- or γ-ray based systems, neutron interrogation allows the elemental composition of inspected materials to be measured. A container interrogation device based on the Tagged Neutron Inspection System (TNIS) has been developed within the EURITRACK (EURopean Illicit TRAfficking Countermeasures Kit) project of the 6th Framework Program of the European Union. A prototype of such system has been integrated at the Ruder Boskovic Institute (IRB) of Zagreb, Croatia, and performance tests have been carried out. A detailed simulation of the IRB experimental set-up has been performed. Comparison of the Monte Carlo predictions with collected experimental data is presented
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.03.090;
- PII
- S0168-583X(07)00629-5;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
- Journal Volume
- 261
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 291-294
- ISSN
- 0168-583X
- CODEN
- NIMBEU
Conference
- Title
- 19. International conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry
- Dates
- 20-25 Aug 2006
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39025024
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTAINERS; DETECTION; EQUIPMENT; EXPLOSIVES; GAMMA RADIATION; INSPECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; VALIDATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; CALCULATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; NUCLEONS; RADIATIONS; SIMULATION; TESTING
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.