Core Concept: Muography offers a new way to see inside a multitude of objects

摘要

Five years ago, Japanese scientists working for the Tokyo Electric Power Company faced a daunting task: to peer inside one of the Fukushima nuclear reactors shattered in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The site was, of course, highly radioactive and extremely dangerous. Seeking a way to carefully inspect the site, the researchers turned to a technique that has grown in appeal across numerous scientific fields: muography.