State-of-the-art mobile radiation detection systems for different scenarios

L Marques, A Vale, P Vaz - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, the development of more compact and lightweight radiation detection
systems led to their application in handheld and small unmanned systems, particularly air …

Neutron and gamma-ray detection system coupled to a multirotor for screening of shipping container cargo

L Marques, L Félix, G Cruz, V Coelho, J Caetano… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In order to detect special nuclear materials and other radioactive materials in Security and
Defense scenarios, normally, a combination of neutron and gamma-ray detection systems is …

The nuclear legacy today of fukushima

K Vetter - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) following the Great
East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent tsunami in March 2011 changed people's …

Detecting nuclear materials in urban environments using mobile sensor networks

RR Flanagan, LJ Brandt, AG Osborne, MR Deinert - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Radiation detectors installed at major ports of entry are a key component of the overall
strategy to protect countries from nuclear terrorism. While the goal of deploying these …

Data synthesis improves detection of radiation sources in urban environments

RR Flanagan, AG Osborne, MR Deinert - Nuclear Instruments and Methods …, 2024 - Elsevier
Radiation detectors in and around airports and other ports of entry play a crucial role in
preventing nuclear terrorism. While these systems aim to detect and intercept nuclear …

Modeling aerial gamma-ray backgrounds using non-negative matrix factorization

MS Bandstra, THY Joshi, KJ Bilton… - … on Nuclear Science, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Airborne gamma-ray surveys are useful for many applications, ranging from geology and
mining to public health and nuclear security. In all these contexts, the ability to decompose a …

Is designed data collection still relevant in the big data era?

CM Anderson‐Cook, L Lu - Quality and Reliability Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The excitement and buzz around big data (BD) has been so prevalent that it seems BD has
become thought of as a panacea for solving all challenges. But there are in fact limitations to …

Mode-driven explainable artificial intelligence approach for estimating background radiation spectrum in a measurement applicable to nuclear security

M Alamaniotis - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study introduces an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) approach designed to
estimate background spectra in unknown spectral measurements. The approach combines …

Determining urban material activities with a vehicle-based multi-sensor system

M Salathe, BJ Quiter, MS Bandstra, JC Curtis… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Integration of contextual sensors into vehicle-borne mobile radiation detection systems
delivers a rich description of the environment to inform estimates of the complex and …

Implementation of novel evolutional algorithm for 3-dimensional radiation mapping and gamma-field reconstruction within the chornobyl sarcophagus

M Saveliev, M Pantin, I Skiter, TB Scott, PG Martin - Algorithms, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work presents the application of a novel evolutional algorithmic approach to determine
and reconstruct the specific 3-dimensional source location of gamma-ray emissions within …