Imaging Spent Fuel in Dry Storage Casks with Cosmic Ray Muons

Durham, J. Matthew¹  Dougan, Arden² 

[1] Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States);National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Washington, DC (United States)

关键词: SPENT FUELS;    COSMIC MUONS;    TOMOGRAPHY;    CASKS;    DRY STORAGE;    IMAGES;    PROBES;    FUEL RODS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1225563
RP-ID  :  LA-UR--15-28684
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1225563
Others  :  TRN: US1500863

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Highly energetic cosmic ray muons are a natural source of ionizing radiation that can be used to make tomographic images of the interior of dense objects. Muons are capable of penetrating large amounts of shielding that defeats typical radiographic probes like neutrons or photons. This is the only technique which can examine spent nuclear fuel rods sealed inside dry casks.