SIMULATIONS FOR ACTIVE INTERROGATION OF HEU IN CARGO CONTAINERS

摘要

We describe the results of a Monte Carlo simulation to investigate the feasibility of using a pulsed deuterium-tritium (D-T) neutron technique for active interrogation of special nuclear material in cargo containers. Time distributions of fission neutrons from highly enriched uranium induced by a pulsed D-T neutron source were calculated for cargo containers with different hydrogen contents. A simple detector system with polyethylene and cadmium was modeled to calculate the two-group neutron flux at the detector.