Detection of highly enriched uranium using a pulsed D-D fusion source

R. F. Radel; G. L. Kulcinski; R. P. Ashley; J. F. Santarius; G. A. Emmert; G. R. Piefer; J. H. Sorebo; D. R. Boris; B. Egle; S. J. Zenobia; E. Alderson; D. C. Donovan

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Detection of highly enriched uranium using a pulsed D-D fusion source

R. F. Radel, G. L. Kulcinski, R. P. Ashley, J. F. Santarius, G. A. Emmert, G. R. Piefer, J. H. Sorebo, D. R. Boris, B. Egle, S. J. Zenobia, E. Alderson, D. C. Donovan

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This paper overviews the work that has been done to date towards the development of a compact, reliable means to detect Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) and other fissile materials utilizing a pulsed Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) D-D fusion device. To date, the UWIEC device has achieved 115 kV pulses in excess of 2 ampere, with pulsed neutron rates of 1.8×10 ⁹ n/s during a 0.5 ms pulse at 10 Hz. MCNP modeling indicates that detection of samples of U-235 as small as 10 grams is achievable at current neutron production rates, and initial pulsed and steady-state HEU detection experiments have verified these results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1087-1091
Number of pages	5
Journal	Fusion Science and Technology
Volume	52
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13182/FST52-1087
State	Published - Nov 2007

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