Three-Dimensional Nondestructive Isotope-Selective Tomographic Imaging of <sup>208</sup>Pb Distribution via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence
Combining the nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) transmission method with computed tomography (CT) can be a novel method for imaging the isotope distributions, which is indispensable in nuclear engineering. We performed an experiment to reconstruct a three-dimensional NRF-CT image with isotope sel...
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| author | Khaled Ali Heishun Zen Hideaki Ohgaki Toshiteru Kii Takehito Hayakawa Toshiyuki Shizuma Hiroyuki Toyokawa Masaki Fujimoto Yoshitaka Taira Masahiro Katoh |
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| description | Combining the nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) transmission method with computed tomography (CT) can be a novel method for imaging the isotope distributions, which is indispensable in nuclear engineering. We performed an experiment to reconstruct a three-dimensional NRF-CT image with isotope selectivity of enriched lead isotope rods (<sup>208</sup>Pb) together with a set of different rods, including another enriched isotope (<sup>206</sup>Pb), iron, and aluminum rods, inserted into a cylindrical aluminum holder. Using a laser Compton scattering (LCS) gamma ray beam with a 5.528 MeV maximum energy, 2 mm beam size, and 10 photon·s<sup>−1</sup>·eV<sup>−1</sup> flux density, which is available at the BL1U beamline in the ultraviolet synchrotron orbital radiation-III (UVSOR-III) synchrotron radiation facility at the Institute of Molecular Science at the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Japan, and we excited the J<sup>π</sup> = 1<sup>−</sup> NRF level at 5.512 MeV in <sup>208</sup>Pb. An isotope-selective three-dimensional NRF-CT image of the <sup>208</sup>Pb isotope distribution was experimentally obtained for the first time with a pixel resolution of 4 mm in the horizontal plane. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41b61bac648a4a8aa86fc5ad2195de472023-11-21T15:01:45ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-04-01118341510.3390/app11083415Three-Dimensional Nondestructive Isotope-Selective Tomographic Imaging of <sup>208</sup>Pb Distribution via Nuclear Resonance FluorescenceKhaled Ali0Heishun Zen1Hideaki Ohgaki2Toshiteru Kii3Takehito Hayakawa4Toshiyuki Shizuma5Hiroyuki Toyokawa6Masaki Fujimoto7Yoshitaka Taira8Masahiro Katoh9Institute of Advanced Energy (IAE), Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JapanInstitute of Advanced Energy (IAE), Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JapanInstitute of Advanced Energy (IAE), Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JapanInstitute of Advanced Energy (IAE), Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JapanTokai Quantum Beam Science Center, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Ibaraki 319-1106, JapanTokai Quantum Beam Science Center, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Ibaraki 319-1106, JapanInstitute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2-4, Ibaraki 305-8568, JapanUVSOR-III Synchrotron Facility, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, JapanUVSOR-III Synchrotron Facility, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, JapanUVSOR-III Synchrotron Facility, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, JapanCombining the nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) transmission method with computed tomography (CT) can be a novel method for imaging the isotope distributions, which is indispensable in nuclear engineering. We performed an experiment to reconstruct a three-dimensional NRF-CT image with isotope selectivity of enriched lead isotope rods (<sup>208</sup>Pb) together with a set of different rods, including another enriched isotope (<sup>206</sup>Pb), iron, and aluminum rods, inserted into a cylindrical aluminum holder. Using a laser Compton scattering (LCS) gamma ray beam with a 5.528 MeV maximum energy, 2 mm beam size, and 10 photon·s<sup>−1</sup>·eV<sup>−1</sup> flux density, which is available at the BL1U beamline in the ultraviolet synchrotron orbital radiation-III (UVSOR-III) synchrotron radiation facility at the Institute of Molecular Science at the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Japan, and we excited the J<sup>π</sup> = 1<sup>−</sup> NRF level at 5.512 MeV in <sup>208</sup>Pb. An isotope-selective three-dimensional NRF-CT image of the <sup>208</sup>Pb isotope distribution was experimentally obtained for the first time with a pixel resolution of 4 mm in the horizontal plane.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3415gamma rayslaser Compton scattering (LCS)nondestructive inspectionnuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF)isotope-selective computed tomography (CT) |
| spellingShingle | Khaled Ali Heishun Zen Hideaki Ohgaki Toshiteru Kii Takehito Hayakawa Toshiyuki Shizuma Hiroyuki Toyokawa Masaki Fujimoto Yoshitaka Taira Masahiro Katoh Three-Dimensional Nondestructive Isotope-Selective Tomographic Imaging of <sup>208</sup>Pb Distribution via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Applied Sciences gamma rays laser Compton scattering (LCS) nondestructive inspection nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) isotope-selective computed tomography (CT) |
| title | Three-Dimensional Nondestructive Isotope-Selective Tomographic Imaging of <sup>208</sup>Pb Distribution via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence |
| title_full | Three-Dimensional Nondestructive Isotope-Selective Tomographic Imaging of <sup>208</sup>Pb Distribution via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence |
| title_fullStr | Three-Dimensional Nondestructive Isotope-Selective Tomographic Imaging of <sup>208</sup>Pb Distribution via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Three-Dimensional Nondestructive Isotope-Selective Tomographic Imaging of <sup>208</sup>Pb Distribution via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence |
| title_short | Three-Dimensional Nondestructive Isotope-Selective Tomographic Imaging of <sup>208</sup>Pb Distribution via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence |
| title_sort | three dimensional nondestructive isotope selective tomographic imaging of sup 208 sup pb distribution via nuclear resonance fluorescence |
| topic | gamma rays laser Compton scattering (LCS) nondestructive inspection nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) isotope-selective computed tomography (CT) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3415 |
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