Detection Of Nuclear Weapons And Materials

Author : Jonathan Medalia
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437921930
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detection of Nuclear Weapons and Materials written by Jonathan Medalia and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (1) How Does Detection Work?; Current Detection Technol.; (2) Advanced Technol.: Nanocomposite Scintillators; GADRAS: Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis Application Using Multiple Algorithms; Computer Modeling to Evaluate Detection Capability; L-3 CAARS: Low-Risk Dual-Energy Radiography System; SAIC CAARS: Higher-Risk, Higher-Benefit Dual-Energy Radiography System; AS&E CAARS: Using Backscattered X-Rays to Detect Dense Material; Muon Tomography; Analyzing a Nuclear Weapon with Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence; Detecting SNM at a Distance; (3) Signatures of Plutonium, Highly Enriched Uranium, and Nuclear Weapons; Detecting Signatures of a Nuclear Weapon or SNM; Evasion of Detection Technol. Illus.

Author : Congressional Research Service: The Libr
Publisher : BiblioGov
ISBN 13 : 9781295023080
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detection of Nuclear Weapons and Materials written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detection of nuclear weapons and special nuclear material (SNM, certain types of uranium and plutonium) is crucial to thwarting nuclear proliferation and terrorism and to securing weapons and materials worldwide. Congress has funded a portfolio of detection R&D and acquisition programs, and has mandated inspection at foreign ports of all U.S.-bound cargo containers using two types of detection equipment. Nuclear weapons contain SNM, which produces unique or suspect signatures that can be detected. It emits radiation, notably gamma rays (high-energy photons) and neutrons. SNM is very dense, so it produces a bright image on a radiograph (a picture like a medical x-ray) when x- rays or gamma rays are beamed through a container in which it is hidden. Using lead or other shielding to attenuate gamma rays would make this image larger. Nuclear weapons produce detectable signatures, such as radiation generated by or a noticeable image on a radiograph. Other detection techniques are also available. Nine technologies illustrate the detection portfolio: (1) A new scintillator material to improve detector performance and lower cost. (2) GADRAS, an application using multiple algorithms to determine the materials in a container by analyzing gamma-ray spectra. If materials are the eyes and ears of detectors, ...

Author : Jonathan Medalia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detection of Nuclear Weapons and Materials: Science, Technologies, Observations written by Jonathan Medalia and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report seeks to help Congress understand nuclear detection technology. It discusses the science of detecting nuclear weapons and materials, describes nine advanced U.S. technologies selected to illustrate the range of projects in the pipeline, and offers observations for Congress.

Author : Pietro Egidi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607415121
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detection of Nuclear Weapons and Materials written by Pietro Egidi and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detection of nuclear weapons and special nuclear material (SNM) is crucial to thwarting nuclear proliferation and terrorism and to securing weapons and materials world-wide. This book emphasizes the ongoing improvement in detection capabilities which produce uncertainties for terrorists that will increase over time.

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781422320792
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detecting nuclear weapons and radiological materials : how effective is available technology? : joint hearing written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detecting Nuclear Weapons and Radiological Materials written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary Phillips
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781478131076
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Primer on the Detection of Nuclear and Radiological Weapons written by Gary Phillips and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorist use of radioactive nuclear materials is a serious threat for mass destruction or disruption of civil and military activities. Most worrisome is the use of nuclear devices to cause massive casualties to people and damage to structures. Fortunately, the procurement of adequate material and the engineering design, construction, and transportation and triggering of a nuclear weapon are all difficult problems for terrorist organizations. More likely is a device that combines radioactive materials with conventional explosives to make a radiological dispersion device, commonly called a "dirty bomb". The procurement of nuclear materials for this purpose, the construction of the bomb and its use are all easier than for a nuclear weapon. Fortunately, the effects from the use of a radiological weapon would be much smaller than from a nuclear device, although they could still be very disruptive. Thus, it is important to detect the transport of nuclear weapons and radiological dispersion devices and the materials for their construction. These materials emit gamma rays or neutrons, which can be detected to show the presence and amounts of such materials.

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781422320808
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detecting smuggled nuclear weapons : hearing written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309181216
Total Pages : 266 pages
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Download or read book Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear-Explosive Materials written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-04-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, CISAC tackles the technical dimensions of a longstanding controversy: To what extent could existing and plausibly attainable measures for transparency and monitoring make possible the verification of all nuclear weaponsâ€"strategic and nonstrategic, deployed and nondeployedâ€"plus the nuclear-explosive components and materials that are their essential ingredients? The committee's assessment of the technical and organizational possibilities suggests a more optimistic conclusion than most of those concerned with these issues might have expected.

Author : Gary Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
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Download or read book Detection of Nuclear Weapons and the US Non-disclosure Policy written by Gary Brown and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: