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Patent No.:

US 7474725 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2007
Applicants:

Eric B. Norman, Oakland, CA (US);

Stanley G. Prussin, Kensington, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric B. Norman, Oakland, CA (US);

Stanley G. Prussin, Kensington, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and a system for detecting the presence of special nuclear materials in a suspect container. The system and its method include irradiating the suspect container with a beam of neutrons, so as to induce a thermal fission in a portion of the special nuclear materials, detecting the gamma rays that are emitted from the fission products formed by the thermal fission, to produce a detector signal, comparing the detector signal with a threshold value to form a comparison, and detecting the presence of the special nuclear materials using the comparison.


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Norman, Eric. (2009). Detecting special nuclear materials in suspect containers using high-energy gamma rays emitted by fission products (U.S. Patent No. 7474725). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7474725

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