Comparing DGSMC, FIER, and FISPACT simulations to experimental delayed gamma-ray spectra for nuclear safeguards development

Rodriguez, D.; Rossi, F.; Takahashi, Tone

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 71(3), p.255 - 268, 2024/03

https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2024.3353816

Design and characterization of the fission signature assay instrument for nuclear safeguards

Rossi, F.; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Rodriguez, D.; Takahashi, Tone

Proceedings of INMM & ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting 2023 (Internet), 5 Pages, 2023/05

JAEA-JRC collaborative development of delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy for nuclear safeguards nuclear material accountancy

Rodriguez, D.; Abbas, K.*; Bertolotti, D.*; Bonaldi, C.*; Fontana, C.*; Fujimoto, Masami*; Geerts, W.*; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Macias, M.*; Nonneman, S.*; et al.

Proceedings of INMM & ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting 2023 (Internet), 8 Pages, 2023/05

Delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy for mixed nuclear material safeguards verification

Rodriguez, D.; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Rossi, F.; Takahashi, Tone

Dai-43-Kai Nihon Kaku Busshitsu Kanri Gakkai Nenji Taikai Kaigi Rombunshu (Internet), 4 Pages, 2022/11

Developing delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy for non-destructive assay of mixed nuclear material

Rodriguez, D.; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Rossi, F.; Takahashi, Tone; Abbas, K.*; Nonneman, S.*; Pedersen, B.*; Oberstedt, S.*; Schillebeeckx, P.*

Proceedings of International Safeguards; Reflecting on the Past and Anticipating the Future, 7 Pages, 2022/10

Development of delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy for nuclear safeguards, 2; Forward to a practical DGS instrument

Rossi, F.; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Rodriguez, D.; Takahashi, Tone

Proceedings of INMM 63rd Annual Meeting (Internet), 5 Pages, 2022/07

Development of delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy for nuclear safeguards, 2; Designing a compact DGS instrument

Rossi, F.; Abbas, K.*; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Lee, H.-J.; Rodriguez, D.; Takahashi, Tone

Proceedings of INMM & ESARDA Joint Virtual Annual Meeting (Internet), 7 Pages, 2021/08

JAEA-JRC collaborative development of delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy for nuclear material evaluation, 3; Fissile mass estimation with uranium samples

Rossi, F.; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Lee, H.-J.; Rodriguez, D.; Takahashi, Tone; Abbas, K.*; Bogucarska, T.*; Crochemore, J.-M.*; Pedersen, B.*; Varasano, G.*

61st Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM 2020), Vol.2, p.907 - 911, 2021/00

Model design of a compact delayed gamma-ray moderator system using Cf for safeguards verification measurements

Rodriguez, D.; Rossi, F.; Takahashi, Tone; Seya, Michio; Koizumi, Mitsuo

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 148, p.114 - 125, 2019/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.01.002

Delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy, 1; Development and current status

Rodriguez, D.; Rossi, F.; Takamine, Jun; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Seya, Michio; Crochemore, J. M.*; Varasano, G.*; Bogucarska, T.*; Abbas, K.*; Pedersen, B.*

Proceedings of INMM 58th Annual Meeting (Internet), 6 Pages, 2017/07

The JAEA is collaborating with the EC-JRC to develop a NDA system combining four active techniques to improve safeguards verification. Delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy can determine nuclide ratios by correlating observed fission products' time-dependent, high-energy, rays to the sample's complex fission yield. To quantify fissile nuclides of significant interest, the fast neutrons from compact, transportable sources must be thermalized to where the fissile nuclides have large cross-sections while maintaining high fluxes to provide significant signals. Experiments are underway at some facilities to improve DGS, including the PUNITA system at JRC-Ispra. These neutron fluxes and measurement conditions are used to develop a Monte Carlo that will be used to analyze the DGS data by an inverse-MC method. The DGS program described here summarizes the 3-year development to optimize the moderator, perform experiments, and create the IMC in preparation for a demonstration of the technique.