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Characterization and simulation of soft gamma-ray mirrors for their use with spent fuel rods at reprocessing facilities...

Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Applied Optics
Publication Date
Page Numbers
4285 to 4292
Volume
55
Issue
16

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.