Active Interrogation in Nuclear Security

• The first book devoted entirely to active interrogation

• Presents a focused review of the relevant physics

• Surveys available technology
• Analyzes scientific and technology trends
• Provides historical and policy context

The first book devoted entirely to active interrogation Presents a focused review of the relevant physics Surveys available technology Analyzes scientific and technology trends Provides historical and policy context

Auteur
Igor Jovanovic is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan and has previously also taught at Penn State University and Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley and worked as physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. Jovanovic has made numerous contributions to the science and technology of radiation detection, as well as the radiation sources for use in active interrogation in nuclear security. He has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in areas that include radiation detection, nuclear physics, and nuclear security. At University of Michigan Dr. Jovanovic is the director of Neutron Science Laboratory and is also associated with the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science.

Anna Erickson is an Assistant Professor in the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program of the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher in the Advanced Detectors Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. Erickson received her PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a focus on radiation detection for active interrogation applications. Her research interests focus on nuclear non-proliferation including antineutrino analysis and non-traditional detector design and characterization. She teaches courses in advanced experimental detection for reactor and nuclear nonproliferation applications, radiation dosimetry and fast reactor analysis.

Résumé

• The first book devoted entirely to active interrogation

• Presents a focused review of the relevant physics

• Surveys available technology
• Analyzes scientific and technology trends
• Provides historical and policy context

Contenu
Preface.- chapter 1 Introduction.- chapter 2 Measurement needs and challenges in nuclear security.- chapter 3 Features and limitations of passive measurements.- chapter 4 Foundations of active measurements.- chapter 5 Radiation sources for active interrogation.- chapter 6 Detectors and measurement techniques.- chapter 7 Data acquisition and processing systems.- chapter 8 Modeling and simulation.- chapter 9 Data interpretation and algorithms.- chapter 10 Examples of active measurement systems.- chapter 11 Radiation dose in various systems.- chapter 12 Science and technology trends.- Conclusion.