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Book SynopsisNuclear nonproliferation is a critical global issue. A key technological challenge to ensuring nuclear nonproliferation and security is the detection of long-lived radioisotopes and fissionable nuclides in a non-destructive manner. This technological challenge requires new methods for detecting relevant nuclides and the development of new quantum-beam sources. For example, one new method that has been proposed and studied is nuclear resonance fluorescence with energy-tunable, monochromatic gamma-rays generated by Compton scattering of laser photons with electrons.The development of new methods requires the help of researchers from a wide range of fields, such as nuclear physics, accelerator physics, laser physics, etc. Furthermore, any new method must be compatible with the requirements of administrators and nuclear-material inspectors.
Table of ContentsPreface; Oral Presentations: Nuclear Science and Applications with the Next Generation of High-Power Lasers and Brilliant Low-Energy Gamma Beams at ELI-NP (S Gales); New Non-Intrusive Inspection Technologies for Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation (R J Ledoux) Development of Gamma-Ray Nondestructive Detection and Assay Systems for Nuclear Safeguards and Security at JAEA (R Hajima); Photonuclear Reaction Studies at HIgammaS: Developing the Science of Remote Detection of Nuclear Materials (C R Howell); Dipole Strength Around the Particle Threshold (D Savran) Resonant Photonuclear Reactions for Neutrino Nuclear Responses and Nuclear Isotope Detections (H Ejiri); Non-Destructive Testing for Control of Radioactive Waste Package (S Plumeri and F Carrel); Development of First Responders Equipment at RN Incident Sites (K Tsuchiya et al.); Compact Short-Pulsed Electron Linac Based Neutron Sources for Precise Nuclear Material Analysis (M Uesaka et al.); Laser-Driven Plasma Deceleration of Electron Beams for Compact Photon Sources (J-L Vay et al.); Advanced Laser-Compton Gamma-Ray Sources for Nuclear Materials Detection, Assay and Imaging (C P J Barty); Compact Gamma-Beam Source for Nuclear Security Technologies (P Gladkikh and J Urakawa); Developments of Optical Resonators and Optical Recirculators for Compton X/gamma Ray Machines (A Martens); Low-Lying "Pygmy" Dipole Resonances and Strength Functions (V Werner et al.); NRF-Based NDA of Nuclear Material Using Monochromatic gamma-Ray Beam (T Shizuma et al.); Improving the Assay of 239Pu in Spent and Melted Fuel Using the Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Integral Resonance Transmission Method (C T Angell et al.); Laser Compton Scattering Gamma-Ray Beam Source at NewSUBARU Storage Ring (S Miyamoto et al.); Energy Calibration of Electron and Gamma-Ray Beams at NewSUBARU-GACKO (T Shima and H Utsunomiya); A Paradigm for the Nondestructive Assay of Spent Fuel Assemblies and Similar Large Objects, with Emphasis on the Role of Photon-Based Techniques (A M Bolind); Medium Modification of alpha Cluster Size in 6Li (T Yamagata et al.) Noninvasive Reactor Imaging Using Cosmic-Ray Muons (H Miyadera et al.); Compton Radiation for Nuclear Waste Management and Transmutation (E Bulyak and J Urakawa); Compact Intense Neutron Generators Based on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement of D-D Fusion Plasmas (K Masuda et al.); NRF Based Nondestructive Inspection System for SNM by Using Laser-Compton-Backscattering Gamma-Rays (H Ohgaki et al.); Development of Measurement Methods for Detection of Special Nuclear Materials Using D-D Pulsed Neutron Source (T Misawa et al.); SOFIA, a Next-Generation Facility for Fission Yields Measurements and Fission Study. First Results and Perspectives (L Audouin et al.); Present Status of Nuclear Data for Nuclear Nonproliferation (M Igashira); Development of the Experimental Photo-Nuclear Reaction Database in Hokkaido University (A Makinaga); Laser-Compton Scattering Photon Beams and Other Gamma-Ray Sources: Project for Coherent Gamma-Ray Source on Basis of Femtosecond Laser at ILC MSU (V G Nedorezov and A B Savelev); Laser Driven Ion Acceleration Study in JAEA (K Kondo); Status of New JENDL Photonuclear Data File (K Kosako et al.); Nuclear Research with Egamma<=15 MeV Photons (C Rangacharyulu); IRIDE: Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure Based on Dual Electron Linac and Laser (M Ferrario); Poster Presentations: A Study of the Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Reaction Yield Dependence on the Target Thickness of 208PB (H Negm et al.); Photodisintegration Reactions with Linear Polarized gamma-Ray Beam (T Hayakawa et al.); Test Experiment of gamma-Ray Diffraction for Crystal Monochromators (S Matsuba et al.); Overview of Laser Compton-scattered Photon Source at the cERL (R Nagai et al.); Development of a High-Brightness and High-Current Electron Gun for High-Flux gamma-Ray Generation (N Nishimori et al.); Design of ERL Spoke Cavity for Non-Destructive Assay Research (M Sawamura et al.); Measurements of Cosmic-Ray Muon-Capture X-Rays and Its Application to Nuclear Material Detection (Y Shimbara et al.); Active Neutron-Based Interrogation System with D-D Neutron Source for Detection of Special Nuclear Materials (Y Takahashi et al.); Closing Summary: Summary Comments: Nuclear Physics and Gamma-Ray Sources for Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation (C P J Barty);
