Nuclear Science and Security Experiments with PRISM
ORAL
Abstract
Isotopic signatures from high-energy electron bremsstrahlung are key observables for a number of nuclear security applications, and these applications depend on specific nuclear data. The Photonuclear Reactions for Isotopic Signature Measurements (PRISM) accelerator is a state-of-the-art S-band electron linac at LLNL accelerator complex which will be used to acquire such data. In addition, a pulsed photo-fission neutron source will be generated using the same x-ray beam for neutron time-of-flight scattering experiments. Experimental capabilities and recent progress towards these experiments will be discussed. A methodology for constraining nuclear data with integral scattering experiments will also be discussed.
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Presenters
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R. J. Casperson
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Authors
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R. J. Casperson
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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S. G. Anderson
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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J. A. Caggiano
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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R. O. Hughes
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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M. S. Johnson
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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R. A. Soltz
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Anton P Tonchev
Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory