Status of research and development of learning-based approaches in nuclear science and engineering: A review

M Gomez-Fernandez, K Higley, A Tokuhiro… - … Engineering and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Nuclear technology industries have increased their interest in using data-driven methods to
improve safety, reliability, and availability of assets. To do so, it is important to understand …

A comparison of machine learning methods to classify radioactive elements using prompt-gamma-ray neutron activation data

J Mathew, R Kshirsagar, DZ Abidin, J Griffin… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The detection of illicit radiological materials is critical to establishing a robust second line of
defence in nuclear security. Neutron-capture prompt-gamma activation analysis (PGAA) can …

Quantitative analysis of NaI (Tl) gamma-ray spectrometry using an artificial neural network

J Kim, KT Lim, J Kim, C Kim, B Jeon, K Park… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, we propose an algorithm based on an artificial neural network (ANN) for
the analysis of the NaI (Tl) gamma-ray spectra with radioisotope (RI) mixtures to identify RIs …

Matrix effects corrections in prompt gamma-ray spectra of a PGNAA online analyzer system using artificial neural network

H Shahabinejad, N Vosoughi, F Saheli - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the well-known online monitoring techniques used for quality control of bulk samples
is Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA). PGNAA suffers from the so-called …

Mode-Driven explainable artificial intelligence approach for estimating background radiation spectrum in a measurement applicable to nuclear security

M Alamaniotis - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study introduces an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) approach designed to
estimate background spectra in unknown spectral measurements. The approach combines …

Survey of machine learning approaches in radiation data analytics pertained to nuclear security

M Alamaniotis, A Heifetz - Advances in Machine Learning/Deep Learning …, 2021 - Springer
The increasing concerns over the use of nuclear materials for malevolent purposes (ie,
terrorist attacks) have fueled the interest in develo** technologies that can detect hidden …

Identification of Distorted Gamma-Ray Signature Patterns Using Digital Filtering and Auto-Associative Memory Implemented with a Hopfield Neural Network

L Valdez, M Alamaniotis, A Heifetz - Nuclear Technology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The detection and identification of radioactive sources in search applications involve
analyzing passive gamma-ray emissions from high-level radioactive materials. This process …

Analysis of complex gamma-ray spectra using particle swarm optimization

H Shahabinejad, N Vosoughi - … and Methods in Physics Research Section …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of gamma-ray spectra is an important step for identification and
quantification of radionuclides in a sample. In this paper a new gamma-ray spectra analysis …

SGSD: a novel sequential gamma-ray spectrum deconvolution algorithm

H Shahabinejad, N Vosoughi - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel approach for analyzing complex gamma-ray spectra using a sequential algorithm is
introduced. The developed Sequential Gamma-ray Spectrum Deconvolution (SGSD) …

Application of fuzzy probability factor superposition algorithm in nuclide identification

L Li, G Huang, S **, Z Wang, C Zhou - Journal of Radioanalytical and …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, a dynamic nuclide identification algorithm based on fuzzy probability factor
superposition (FPFS) was proposed for γ spectrum analysis, and the algorithm was tested …