International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators
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SULIS: A Portable Neutron Device for Explosive and Chemical Detection P. Le Tourneur EADS SODERN, Limeil Brevannes, France Corresponding Author: philippe.letourneur@sodern.fr We are developing a new device for explosive and chemical detection using the Associated Particle Imaging (API) technology and based on a new Associated Particle Sealed Tube Neutron Generator (APSTNG) which specifications comply with one of the basic requirements of a portable device: it must be light. Our objective is to have a total weight lower than 25 kg. This includes the neutron generator, its VHV supply, the detectors, the data acquisition system and all the electronics. Everything is in a suitcase that can be put near an object the content of which one wants to know. Few minutes are enough to identify what is inside and to detect illicit materials as explosives or chemicals. The device will be globally described and the first laboratory results will be presented. The authors have assigned to the International Atomic Energy Agency a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to publish this paper.
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