title: Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities.
abstract: The use of a grazing incidence optic to selectively reflect K-shell fluorescence emission and isotope-specific lines from special nuclear materials is a highly desirable nondestructive analysis method for use in reprocessing fuel environments. Preliminary measurements have been performed, and a simulation suite has been developed to give insight into the design of the x ray optics system as a function of the source emission, multilayer coating characteristics, and general experimental configurations. The experimental results are compared to the predictions from our simulation toolkit to illustrate the ray-tracing capability and explore the effect of modified optics in future measurement campaigns.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruz
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Descalle
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Alameda
authors.forename: N F
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authors.lastname: Brejnholt
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authors.lastname: Chichester
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authors.lastname: Decker
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authors.lastname: Fernandez-Perea
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authors.lastname: Hill
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authors.lastname: Kisner
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authors.lastname: Melin
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authors.lastname: Patton
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authors.lastname: Soufli
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authors.lastname: Trellue
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authors.lastname: Watson
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authors.lastname: Ziock
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authors.lastname: Pivovaroff