Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Nuclear transmutation – By neutron bombardment
Patent
1998-04-03
2000-02-15
Carone, Michael J.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Nuclear transmutation
By neutron bombardment
376154, 324326, 324329, 324337, 250392, G21G 106, G01T 100, G01V 308, G01J 100
Patent
active
060261358
ABSTRACT:
A multisensor vehicle-mounted mine detector having one or more sensors leading the vehicle for detecting objects in the ground while moving. A navigational system tracks the coordinates of the detected objects, performs data fusion, declares whether the object is a target worthy of interest and if so, stops the vehicle with a trailing thermal neutron activator sensor (TNA) over the coordinates of the object and interrogating the object with slow neutrons to confirm whether it contains sufficient nitrogen to indeed be a mine. The TNA confirmation is kept brief due to the use of a strong source coupled with means for analysing the resultant pulses and rejecting piled-up pulses. The difference between an integration of the entire pulse and a portion of the pulse is compared against a predetermined difference for a normal pulse wherein variations therebetween are indicative of a piled-up pulse which is then rejected. If a mine is confirmed it is then temporarily physically marked with a mixture of a dry granular, free-flowing superabsorbent polymer and dyed liquid to form a voluminous semi-solid gel.
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Aitken Victor C.
Brosinsky Chris A.
Chesney Robert H.
Church Philip
Clifford Edward T. H.
Carone Michael J.
French III Fredrick T.
Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada as represented by the
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