activity
20162025
most citedAnalysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel Imaging Using Multiple Coulomb Scattering of Cosmic Muons

37 citations · 117 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

cs.LG2025

Explainable Unsupervised Multi-Anomaly Detection and Temporal Localization in Nuclear Times Series Data with a Dual Attention-Based Autoencoder

Konstantinos Vasili, Zachery T. Dahm, Stylianos Chatzidakis

The nuclear industry is advancing toward more new reactor designs, with next-generation reactors expected to be smaller in scale and power output. These systems have the potential…

cs.LG2025

Experimental Assessment of a Multi-Class AI/ML Architecture for Real-Time Characterization of Cyber Events in a Live Research Reactor

Zachery Dahm, Konstantinos Vasili, Vasileios Theos +5

There is increased interest in applying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) within the nuclear industry and nuclear engineering community. Effective implementation…

eess.SY2025

A One-Class Explainable AI Framework for Identification of Non-Stationary Concurrent False Data Injections in Nuclear Reactor Signals

Zachery Dahm, Vasileios Theos, Konstantinos Vasili +3

The transition of next generation advanced nuclear reactor systems from analog to fully digital instrumentation and control will necessitate robust mechanisms to safeguard against…

cs.LG2025★ 2 cited

An Unsupervised Deep Explainable AI Framework for Localization of Concurrent Replay Attacks in Nuclear Reactor Signals

Konstantinos Vasili, Zachery T. Dahm, Stylianos Chatzidakis

Next generation advanced nuclear reactors are expected to be smaller both in size and power output, relying extensively on fully digital instrumentation and control systems. These…

quant-ph2025

Demonstration of Quantum-Secure Communications in a Nuclear Reactor

Konstantinos Gkouliaras, Vasileios Theos, True Miller +6

Quantum key distribution (QKD), one of the latest cryptographic techniques, founded on the laws of quantum mechanics rather than mathematical complexity, promises for the first tim…

physics.app-ph2025★ 2 cited

TRec: A Muon Trajectory Reconstruction Algorithm for Enhanced Scattering Tomography

Reshma Ughade, Stylianos Chatzidakis

Cosmic ray muons enable non-invasive imaging of dense structures through multipleCoulomb scattering (MCS), with scattering angles dependent on atomic number (Z). Traditional algori…

physics.ins-det2025

Methodology For the Evaluation of Critical Components of the Scatterable Radiation Monitor Under Radiation Fields

Matthew Niichel, Stylianos Chatzidakis

One of the persisting challenges associated with the peaceful use of the atom is monitoring the subsequent radiation. For example, nuclear power plants need environmental monitorin…

physics.ins-det2024★ 1 cited

Open-Source Optimization of Hybrid Monte-Carlo Methods for Fast Response Modeling of NaI(Tl) and HPGe Gamma Detectors

Matthew Niichel, Stylianos Chatzidakis

Modeling the response of gamma detectors has long been a challenge within the nuclear community. Significant research has been conducted to digitally replicate instruments that can…

quant-ph2023

NuQKD: A Modular Quantum Key Distribution Simulation Framework for Engineering Applications

Konstantinos Gkouliaras, Vasileios Theos, Phil Evans +1

An experimental Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) implementation requires advanced costly hardware, unavailable in most research environments, making protocol testing and performance…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

Using Cosmic Ray Muons to Assess Geological Characteristics in the Subsurface

Harish R Gadey, Robert Howard, Stefano C Tognini +5

Cosmic rays are energetic nuclei and elementary particles that originate from stars and intergalactic events. The interaction of these particles with the upper atmosphere produces…

physics.ins-det2023

A New Momentum-Integrated Muon Tomography Imaging Algorithm

JungHyun Bae, Rose Montgomery, Stylianos Chatzidakis

For decades, the application of muon tomography to spent nuclear fuel (SNF) cask imaging has been theoretically evaluated and experimentally verified by many research groups around…

physics.ins-det2022★ 4 cited

Monitoring Spent Nuclear Fuel in a Dry Cask Using Momentum Integrated Muon Scattering Tomography

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

Nuclear materials accountability and nonproliferation are among the critical tasks to be addressed for the advancement of nuclear energy in the United States. Monitoring spent nucl…

physics.ins-det2022

Development of Compact Muon Spectrometer Using Multiple Pressurized Gas Cherenkov Radiators

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

In both particle physics and muon applications, a high-resolution muon momentum measurement capability plays a significant role not only in providing valuable information on the pr…

physics.ins-det2022

Non-linear Cherenkov Muon Spectrometer Using Multi-Layer Pressurized C3F8 Gas Radiators

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

A new Cherenkov muon spectrometer using diversely sized C3F8 gas radiators and nonlinear threshold muon momentum levels was studied using Geant4 simulations. Despite its compact si…

physics.ins-det2022

Fieldable Muon Momentum Measurement using Coupled Pressurized Gaseous Cherenkov Detectors

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

Cosmic ray muons present a large part of the radiation background and depending on the application of interest muons can be seen as background noise, e.g., radiation mapping, radia…

physics.ins-det2022

Fieldable muon spectrometer using multi-layer pressurized gas Cherenkov radiators and its applications

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

Cosmic ray muons have been considered as a non-conventional radiation probe in various applications. To utilize cosmic ray muons in engineering applications, two important quantiti…

physics.ins-det2021★ 1 cited

A Compact High-Resolution Muon Spectrometer Using Multi-Layer Gas Cherenkov Radiators

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

In both particle physics and cosmic ray muon applications, a high-resolution muon momentum measurement capability plays a significant role not only in providing valuable informatio…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

A Cosmic Ray Muon Spectrometer Using Pressurized Gaseous Cherenkov Radiators

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

In this work, we propose a new approach to cosmic ray muon momentum measurement using multiple pressurized gaseous Cherenkov radiators. Knowledge of cosmic ray muon momentum has th…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

A New Semi-Empirical Model for Cosmic Ray Muon Flux Estimation

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

Cosmic ray muons have emerged as a non-conventional high-energy radiation probe to monitor dense and large objects. Muons are the most abundant cosmic radiation on Earth, however,…

physics.ins-det2021★ 11 cited

The Effect of Cosmic Ray Muon Momentum Measurement for Monitoring Shielded Special Nuclear Materials

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis

Recently, cosmic ray muons have been considered as a potential high energy radiation probe for monitoring and interrogation of dense, well-shielded special nuclear materials (SNM).…

physics.ins-det2021★ 1 cited

Effective Solid Angle Model and Monte Carlo Method: Improved Estimations to Measure Cosmic Muon Intensity at Sea Level in All Zenith Angles

Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis, Robert Bean

Cosmic muons are highly energetic and penetrative particles and these figures are used for imaging of large and dense objects such as spent nuclear fuels in casks and special nucle…

cs.CV2020

Automated detection of corrosion in used nuclear fuel dry storage canisters using residual neural networks

Theodore Papamarkou, Hayley Guy, Bryce Kroencke +8

Nondestructive evaluation methods play an important role in ensuring component integrity and safety in many industries. Operator fatigue can play a critical role in the reliability…

physics.comp-ph2019

Monte Carlo Characterization of the Cosmic Ray Muon Flux in Subsurface Geological Repositories

Harish Gadey, Stylianos Chatzidakis, Abi T. Farsoni

Recent challenges in monitoring subsurface geological repositories call for new, innovative concepts that are facility independent, cost-effective, passive, and reliable. Inspectio…

physics.ins-det2018★ 27 cited

Muon Tracing and Image Reconstruction Algorithms for Cosmic Ray Muon Computed Tomography

Zhengzhi Liu, Stylianos Chatzidakis, John M. Scaglione +3

Cosmic ray muon computed tomography (μCT) is a new imaging modality with unique characteristics that could be particularly important for diverse applications including nuclear nonp…