Develo** a cosmic ray muon sampling capability for muon tomography and monitoring applications

S Chatzidakis, S Chrysikopoulou… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
In this study, a cosmic ray muon sampling capability using a phenomenological model that
captures the main characteristics of the experimentally measured spectrum coupled with a …

Analysis of spent nuclear fuel imaging using multiple coulomb scattering of cosmic muons

S Chatzidakis, CK Choi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cosmic ray muons passing through matter lose energy from inelastic collisions with
electrons and are deflected from nuclei due to multiple Coulomb scattering. The strong …

Cosmic-Ray Muon Imaging of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Dry Storage Casks

JM Durham, E Guardincerri, CL Morris… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016‏ - ingentaconnect.com
Cosmic-ray muon radiography has been used to identify the absence of spent nuclear fuel
bundles inside a sealed dry storage cask. The large amounts of shielding that dry storage …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring the use of muon momentum for detection of nuclear material within shielded spent nuclear fuel dry casks

S Chatzidakis, PA Hausladen, S Croft… - Am. Nucl. Soc. Annu …, 2017‏ - researchgate.net
The inspection of the storage containers that house used nuclear fuel is an important issue
facing the nuclear industry; currently, there are limited options available to provide for even …

[PDF][PDF] Fieldable muon momentum measurement using coupled pressurized gaseous cherenkov detectors

J Bae, S Chatzidakis - Am. Nucl. Soc. Annu. Meet, 2021‏ - researchgate.net
Cosmic ray muons present a large part of the radiation background and depending on the
application of interest muons can be seen as background noise, eg, radiation map** …

A Cosmic Ray Muon Spectrometer Using Pressurized Gaseous Cherenkov Radiators

J Bae, S Chatzidakis - 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we propose a new approach to cosmic ray muon momentum measurement
using multiple pressurized gaseous Cherenkov radiators. Knowledge of cosmic ray muon …

A Novel Muon Spectrometer Using Multi-Layer Pressurized Gas Cherenkov Radiators for Muon Tomography

J Bae - 2022‏ - search.proquest.com
Nuclear waste management and nonproliferation are among the critical tasks to be
addressed for the advancement of nuclear energy in the United States. In this regard …

Effective solid angle model and monte carlo method: Improved estimations to measure cosmic muon intensity at sea level in all zenith angles

J Bae, S Chatzidakis, R Bean - International …, 2021‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Cosmic muons are highly energetic and penetrative particles and these figures are used for
imaging of large and dense objects such as spent nuclear fuels in casks and special nuclear …

[PDF][PDF] Classification and imaging of spent nuclear fuel dry casks using cosmic ray muons

S Chatzidakis, P Hausladen, S Croft, J Chapman… - 2017‏ - osti.gov
The present work explores alternative approaches for in situ monitoring with near real-time
data analysis and imaging of dry casks using muons. Monitoring can provide useful signals …