Perot B, Carasco C, Bernard S, Mariani A, Szabo J-L, Sannie G, Valkovic V, Sudac D, Viesti G, Lunardon M, Botosso C, Nebbia G, Pesente S, Moretto S, Zenoni A, Donzella A, Moszynski M, Gierlik M, Klamra W, Le Tourneur P, Lhuissier M, Colonna A, Tintori C, Peerani P, Sequeira V, Salvato M
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 13108 St Paul-lez-Durance, France.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2008 Apr;66(4):421-34. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.11.011. Epub 2007 Dec 5.
Within the EURopean Illicit TRAfficking Countermeasures Kit (EURITRACK) project, the gamma-ray spectra produced in a series of materials by 14-MeV tagged-neutron beams have been collected in the inspection portal equipped with large volume NaI(Tl) detectors, in order to build a database of signatures for various elements: C, N, O, Na, Al, Si, Cl, K, Ca, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb. The measured spectra have been compared with prediction from Monte Carlo simulations to verify the consistency of the relevant nuclear data inputs. This library of measured 14-MeV neutron-induced gamma-ray spectra is currently used in a data processing algorithm to unfold the energy spectra of the transported goods into elementary contributions, thus allowing material identification.