Applications of cosmic-ray muons

G Bonomi, P Checchia, M D'Errico, D Pagano… - Progress in Particle and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Applications of cosmic-ray muons have grown in numbers in the last decades. This was
possible thanks to the development of detectors and techniques employed in particle and …

Cosmic-ray tomography for border security

S Barnes, A Georgadze, A Giammanco, M Kiisk… - Instruments, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
A key task for customs workers is the interception of hazardous, illegal and counterfeit items
in order to protect the health and safety of citizens. However, it is estimated that only a small …

Momentum informed muon scattering tomography for monitoring spent nuclear fuels in dry storage cask

JH Bae, R Montgomery, S Chatzidakis - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Abstract Development of an effective monitoring method for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in a dry
storage cask (DSC) is important to meet the increasing demand for dry storage …

Muon scattering tomography

H Miyadera, CL Morris - Applied Optics, 2022‏ - opg.optica.org
Cosmic-ray muon scattering tomography has gathered attention in the security and nuclear
industries in the last 10 years. Muon scattering tomography is capable of identifying atomic …

Image reconstruction algorithm for momentum dependent muon scattering tomography

JH Bae, R Montgomery, S Chatzidakis - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Nondestructive radiography using cosmic ray muons has been used for decades to monitor
nuclear reactor and spent nuclear fuel storage. Because nuclear fuel assemblies are highly …

Monitoring spent nuclear fuel in a dry cask using momentum integrated muon scattering tomography

J Bae, S Chatzidakis - arxiv preprint arxiv:2212.04947, 2022‏ - arxiv.org
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 …

Muon tracing and image reconstruction algorithms for cosmic ray muon computed tomography

Z Liu, S Chatzidakis, JM Scaglione… - … on Image Processing, 2018‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cosmic ray muon-computed tomography (CT) is a new imaging modality with unique
characteristics that could be particularly important for diverse applications including nuclear …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear material accountancy using momentum-informed muon scattering tomography

JH Bae, R Montgomery, S Chatzidakis - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Screening cargo and vehicles to prevent proliferation of unauthorized nuclear and
radioactive materials is essential to prevent threats to domestic and international security …

[HTML][HTML] Performance evaluation of cosmic ray muon trajectory estimation algorithms

R Ughade, JH Bae, S Chatzidakis - AIP Advances, 2023‏ - pubs.aip.org
Muons, being elementary particles with minimal interaction with nuclear materials and
abundant at sea level, have sparked interest in utilizing them for imaging various …

Principle study of image reconstruction algorithms in muon tomography

W Zeng, M Zeng, X Pan, Z Zeng, H Ma… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Muon tomography, as a novel method of radiography, utilizes the multiple Coulomb
scattering property of muons from cosmic rays to discriminate materials. Researchers …