The design and performance of a scintillating-fibre tracker for the cosmic-ray muon tomography of legacy nuclear waste containers

Publication type:
Journal article
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Autoren
  • A Clarkson
  • DJ Hamilton
  • M Hoek
  • DG Ireland
  • JR Johnstone
  • R Kaiser
  • T Keri
  • S Lumsden
  • DF Mahon
  • B McKinnon
  • M Murray
  • S Nutbeam-Tuffs
  • C Shearer
  • C Staines
  • G Yang
  • C Zimmerman
Autoren-URL
https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000334071300020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2014.01.062
eISSN
1872-9576
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: AE6AS
ISSN
0168-9002
Zeitschrift
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Schlüsselwörter
  • Muon tomography
  • Scintillator detectors
  • Nuclear waste
Paginierung
138 - 149
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2014
Status
Published
Titel
The design and performance of a scintillating-fibre tracker for the cosmic-ray muon tomography of legacy nuclear waste containers
Sub types
  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
745

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Autoren
  • A Clarkson
  • DJ Hamilton
  • M Hoek
  • DG Ireland
  • JR Johnstone
  • R Kaiser
  • T Keri
  • S Lumsden
  • DF Mahon
  • B McKinnon
  • M Murray
  • S Nutbeam-Tuffs
  • C Shearer
  • C Staines
  • G Yang
  • C Zimmerman
DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2014.01.062
ISSN
0168-9002
Zeitschrift
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Sprache
en
Paginierung
138 - 149
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2014
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Elsevier BV
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.01.062
Datum der Datenerfassung
2018
Titel
The design and performance of a scintillating-fibre tracker for the cosmic-ray muon tomography of legacy nuclear waste containers
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
745

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Abstract
Tomographic imaging techniques using the Coulomb scattering of cosmic-ray muons are increasingly being exploited for the non-destructive assay of shielded containers in a wide range of applications. One such application is the characterisation of legacy nuclear waste materials stored within industrial containers. The design, assembly and performance of a prototype muon tomography system developed for this purpose are detailed in this work. This muon tracker comprises four detection modules, each containing orthogonal layers of Saint-Gobain BCF-10 2mm-pitch plastic scintillating fibres. Identification of the two struck fibres per module allows the reconstruction of the incoming and Coulomb-scattered muon trajectories. These allow the container content, with respect to the atomic number Z of the scattering material, to be determined through reconstruction of the scattering location and magnitude. On each detection layer, the light emitted by the fibre is detected by a single Hamamatsu H8500 MAPMT with two fibres coupled to each pixel via dedicated pairing schemes developed to ensure the identification of the struck fibre. The PMT signals are read out to QDCs. The design and assembly of the detector system are detailed and presented alongside results from performance studies with data collected after construction. These results reveal high stability during extended collection periods with detection efficiencies in the region of 80% per layer. Minor misalignments of millimetre order have been identified and corrected in software. A first image reconstructed from a test configuration of materials has been obtained using software based on the Maximum Likelihood Expectation Maximisation algorithm. The results highlight the high spatial resolution provided by the detector system. Clear discrimination between the low, medium and high-Z materials assayed is also observed.
Autoren
  • Anthony Clarkson
  • David J Hamilton
  • Matthias Hoek
  • David G Ireland
  • Russell Johnstone
  • Ralf Kaiser
  • Tibor Keri
  • Scott Lumsden
  • David F Mahon
  • Bryan McKinnon
  • Morgan Murray
  • Sian Nutbeam-Tuffs
  • Craig Shearer
  • Cassie Staines
  • Guangliang Yang
  • Colin Zimmerman
Autoren-URL
http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1715v1
Schlüsselwörter
  • physics.ins-det
  • physics.ins-det
Notes
13 pages, 19 figures
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2013
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.01.062
Datum der Datenerfassung
2013
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2013
Titel
The Design and Performance of a Scintillating-Fibre Tracker for the Cosmic-ray Muon Tomography of Legacy Nuclear Waste Containers

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