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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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).…
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…
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…