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.

*This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

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Presenters

  • R. J. Casperson

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Authors

  • R. J. Casperson

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • S. G. Anderson

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • J. A. Caggiano

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • R. O. Hughes

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • M. S. Johnson

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • R. A. Soltz

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Anton P Tonchev

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory