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@ARTICLE{Thompson:917492,
author = {Thompson, Lee and Garbutt, David and Aymanns, Katharina and
Niemeyer, Irmgard and Vieh, Christiane and Weekes, Michael},
title = {{T}he {U}se of {M}uon {T}omography in {S}afeguarding
{N}uclear {G}eological {D}isposal {F}acilities},
volume = {284},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-00705},
pages = {1-7},
year = {2022},
note = {Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science},
abstract = {Muon attenuation tomography is a powerful tool that employs
naturally occurring cosmic ray muons for locating,
identifying, and measuring density irregularities in
geological overburdens. First applied in the 1950s [3], the
technique has very many diverse applications including
imaging civil infrastructure such as railway tunnels [4],
identifying ore bodies in mines, monitoring magma chambers
in volcanoes [5], and identifying voids in pyramids [6, 7].
Muon scattering tomography, which requires the muons to be
tracked both entering and leaving the object of interest,
can provide valuable information on the atomic number, Z, of
objects being imaging in addition to density information.
The following reports on a series of simulation studies we
have performed to assess the capability of muon radiography
to detect a series of potential features that may need to be
identified for safeguarding or safety purposes in geological
disposal facilities (GDFs) for nuclear waste. Similarly, the
application of muon scattering tomography to characterizing
the materials encased in nuclear waste drums and to
assessing unauthorized diversion scenarios is also
presented.},
cin = {IEK-6},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-6-20101013},
pnm = {1411 - Nuclear Waste Disposal (POF4-141) / IAEA GER SP -
Joint Programme on the Technical Development and Further
Improvement of IAEA Safeguards between the Government of the
Federal Republic of Germany and the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA-19781005)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1411 / G:(DE-Juel1)IAEA-19781005},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/917492},
}