An anti-compton suppression Ge-telescope detection system for quality control of nuclear waste packages

S. Agosteo; A. Chabalier; A. Foglio Para; U. Graf; T. Huot; Tommi Kekki; A. Ravazzani; Peter Schillebeeckx; V. Tanner; A. Tiitta

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An anti-compton suppression Ge-telescope detection system for quality control of nuclear waste packages

S. Agosteo, A. Chabalier, A. Foglio Para, U. Graf, T. Huot, Tommi Kekki, A. Ravazzani, Peter Schillebeeckx, V. Tanner, A. Tiitta

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An anti-Compton suppression system is studied for the quality control of radioactive waste packages by nondestructive assay. The main objective is the reduction of the detection limit of actinides in the packages. The optimization of a final device is based on Monte Carlo simulations (MCNP and FLUKA) validated by experiments using a prototype consisting of a Ge-telescope detector surrounded by a NaI detector. The validation reveals that most of the discrepancies between experimental and simulated data are due to an incomplete description of the experimental conditions. After fine-tuning of the input file the uncertainties on the simulated full-energy peak efficiency are reduced to less than 5%. Also the total detector response for mono-energetic photons and real waste, including the photon interactions within the drum, can be simulated satisfactorily.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The CAARI 2000
Subtitle of host publication	Sixteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry
Publisher	American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Pages	555-558
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7354-0015-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1395370
Publication status	Published - 2001
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication

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Series	AIP Conference Proceedings
Number	1
Volume	576
ISSN	0094-243X

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Agosteo, S., Chabalier, A., Foglio Para, A., Graf, U., Huot, T., Kekki, T., Ravazzani, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Tanner, V., & Tiitta, A. (2001). An anti-compton suppression Ge-telescope detection system for quality control of nuclear waste packages. In The CAARI 2000: Sixteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry (pp. 555-558). American Institute of Physics (AIP). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1395370

Agosteo, S. ; Chabalier, A. ; Foglio Para, A. et al. / An anti-compton suppression Ge-telescope detection system for quality control of nuclear waste packages. The CAARI 2000: Sixteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry. American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2001. pp. 555-558 (AIP Conference Proceedings; No. 1, Vol. 576).

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Agosteo, S, Chabalier, A, Foglio Para, A, Graf, U, Huot, T, Kekki, T, Ravazzani, A, Schillebeeckx, P, Tanner, V & Tiitta, A 2001, An anti-compton suppression Ge-telescope detection system for quality control of nuclear waste packages. in The CAARI 2000: Sixteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry. American Institute of Physics (AIP), AIP Conference Proceedings, no. 1, vol. 576, pp. 555-558. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1395370

An anti-compton suppression Ge-telescope detection system for quality control of nuclear waste packages. / Agosteo, S.; Chabalier, A.; Foglio Para, A. et al.
The CAARI 2000: Sixteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry. American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2001. p. 555-558 (AIP Conference Proceedings; No. 1, Vol. 576).

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Agosteo S, Chabalier A, Foglio Para A, Graf U, Huot T, Kekki T et al. An anti-compton suppression Ge-telescope detection system for quality control of nuclear waste packages. In The CAARI 2000: Sixteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry. American Institute of Physics (AIP). 2001. p. 555-558. (AIP Conference Proceedings; No. 1, Vol. 576). doi: 10.1063/1.1395370

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