TY - CONF
T1 - Detector for Simultaneous Detection of Explosives and Special-Nuclear-Materials
T2 - 26 Conference of the Nuclear Societies in Israel, Program and Papers
AU - Brandis, M.
AU - Vartsky, D.
AU - Dangendorf, V.
AU - Bromberger, B.
AU - Bar, D.
AU - Goldberg, M.B.
AU - Tittelmeier, K.
AU - Friedman, E.
AU - Mardor, I.
AU - Weierganz, M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Israel has been a prime target for international terrorism for many years Given the recent availability of nuclear technology in countries hostile to Israel, the threat of nuclear material being smuggled-in, calls for vigorous and effective countermeasures The recent deployment of a radioactive bomb detection system at Haifa port is an acknowledgment of this threat, but can be merely an initial response to it The development Time-Resolved Event-Counting Radiation (TRECOR) detector is part of the Automatic Contraband-(Explosives and Special Nuclear Materials)-in Cargo Interrogation System (ACCIS) project The ACCIS project, proposed by Soreq NRC and PTB, Braunschweig, is financed by a bi-national German/Israel Fund for Civil Security research project The ACCIS concept combines high-spatial resolution Fast-Neutron Resonance Radiography (FNRR) and Dual Discrete-Energy ã-Radiography (DDER) for automatic detection of standard and improvised explosives as well as special nuclear materials (SNM) concealed within inspected items ranging in size from small parcels and passenger baggage to aviation cargo containers and passenger vehicles (2) Unlike conventional X-ray radiographic systems, FNRR and DDER do not rely on the skills of a human operator to identify the shape of the threat Instead, they rely on automatic identification of the concealed contraband by its elemental composition An operational system combining these two state-of-the-art inspection techniques will permit reliable and automatic detection of small quantities of explosives and SNM, respectively
AB - Israel has been a prime target for international terrorism for many years Given the recent availability of nuclear technology in countries hostile to Israel, the threat of nuclear material being smuggled-in, calls for vigorous and effective countermeasures The recent deployment of a radioactive bomb detection system at Haifa port is an acknowledgment of this threat, but can be merely an initial response to it The development Time-Resolved Event-Counting Radiation (TRECOR) detector is part of the Automatic Contraband-(Explosives and Special Nuclear Materials)-in Cargo Interrogation System (ACCIS) project The ACCIS project, proposed by Soreq NRC and PTB, Braunschweig, is financed by a bi-national German/Israel Fund for Civil Security research project The ACCIS concept combines high-spatial resolution Fast-Neutron Resonance Radiography (FNRR) and Dual Discrete-Energy ã-Radiography (DDER) for automatic detection of standard and improvised explosives as well as special nuclear materials (SNM) concealed within inspected items ranging in size from small parcels and passenger baggage to aviation cargo containers and passenger vehicles (2) Unlike conventional X-ray radiographic systems, FNRR and DDER do not rely on the skills of a human operator to identify the shape of the threat Instead, they rely on automatic identification of the concealed contraband by its elemental composition An operational system combining these two state-of-the-art inspection techniques will permit reliable and automatic detection of small quantities of explosives and SNM, respectively
M3 - Paper
ER -