Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

John M Zabriskie

David L Chichester

Edward H Seabury

Augustine J Caffrey

Clinton D Van Siclen

Kenneth M Krebs

Ann E Egger

C Jayson Wharton

A chemical detection system includes a frame, an emitter coupled to the frame, and a detector coupled to the frame proximate the emitter. The system also includes a shielding system coupled to the frame and positioned at least partially between the emitter and the detector, wherein the frame positions a sensing surface of the detector in a direction substantially parallel to a plane extending along a front portion of the frame. A method of analyzing composition of a suspect object includes directing neutrons at the object, detecting gamma rays emitted from the object, and communicating spectrometer information regarding the gamma rays. The method also includes presenting a GUI to a user with a dynamic status of an ongoing neutron spectroscopy process. The dynamic status includes a present confidence for a plurality of compounds being present in the suspect object responsive to changes in the spectrometer information during the ongoing process.

Chemical detection system and related methods

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Idaho Falls, ID, United States of America

John M Zabriskie