Technical Meeting on Nuclear Forensics: From National Foundations to Global Impact

Session

Poster Session 1

PS-1

11 Apr 2022, 16:00

Board Room A (Vienna International Center)

Conveners

Poster Session 1

• Gary EPPICH (IAEA)

11. Characterization of uranium bearing material using HPGe gamma detector for nuclear forensics purposes

Ms Naomi Dikeledi Mokhine (North-West University)

1.2 New Technologies, R&D and Signature Research in Nuclear Forensics

Poster

Nuclear forensics is a method that uses nuclear material to uncover information. The nature of the method of manufacturing is expressed in the material's elemental and isotopic structure as well as its microscopic and macroscopic appearance. Notwithstanding the presence of national nuclear security frameworks, there keeps on being instances of material out of regulatory control, regardless of...

38. Evaluation of different software codes for the analysis of gamma spectra for the potential use in nuclear forensics

Prof. Jovana Nikolov (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences), Dr Péter Völgyesi (Centre for Energy Research)

3.4 Inter-laboratory Exercises and International Cooperation on Nuclear Forensics

Poster

Gamma spectrometry plays an important role as a non destructive method in nuclear forensics. In this work an evaluation of the analysys of different uranium containing materials, measured on two High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector types (planar and coaxial) and analyzed using four software packages is presented. For the purpose of the analysis efficiency transfer software Angle and EFFTRAN...

50. Investigation of sealed Cm-244 neutron sources from nuclear forensics aspect using non-destructive methods

Krisztián Roland Soós (Nuclear Security Department, Centre for Energy Research), Péter Völgyesi (Nuclear Security Department, Centre for Energy Research)

1.2 New Technologies, R&D and Signature Research in Nuclear Forensics

Poster

Eight Cm-244 sealed radioactive sources (example: Figure 1.) with unknown origin were investigated by non-destructive methods from nuclear forensics aspect including physical characterization, handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF), high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry (HRGS) and X-ray radiography. The goal of the research was to carry out origin assessment, to find key parameters and to test the...

1. Iterative method combined with HRGS for physical characterization of uranium materials in the frame of nuclear forensics investigations

Dr Dmytro Kutnii (NSC Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology)

1.2 New Technologies, R&D and Signature Research in Nuclear Forensics

Poster

High-resolution gamma spectrometry (HRGS) is a non-destructive analysis technique, that plays a dual role at the first stages of nuclear forensic examination: fast in-field categorization of radiological or nuclear material in order to identify the safety risk to first responders and to the public and more comprehensive characterization of the material in the laboratory to accurately determine...