Muon Radiography at LANL
Application/instrumentation:
Application of tracking chambers and algorithms to observe deflections of cosmic ray muons as they pass through heavy materials
Developed at:
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Developed in:
2002- 2003
Result of NP research:
LAMPF medium energy research program.
Application currently being supported by:
LANL and ORNL
Impact/benefit to spin-off field:
May provide the capability to monitor large cargo containers for the presence of kg amounts of nuclear materials and/or the presence of heavy shields in cargo containers that might house nuclear materials. This is of importance in monitoring at portals into the US for homeland security applications.
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