Radiation Transport Modeling of Gamma Ray Tomography System
Department
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Major
Physics
Research Advisor
Graham, Joseph
Advisor's Department
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Abstract
New accident-tolerant nuclear fuel designs that incorporate advanced safety features and economy are being designed to advance the next generation of nuclear reactors. Experiments are being conducted at nuclear test reactors to determine the overall reliability and performance of the accident-tolerant fuel at both normal operating conditions and beyond-design conditions. This project was tasked with modeling a high-resolution submersible gamma computed tomography (CT) system that utilizes a strong gamma ray source and an array of radiation detectors to measure the transmission of gamma rays from the source through the fuel. The transport of radiation in the tomography system was modeled in the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) software, which was used to evaluate system performance at various design parameters.
Biography
Reagan Dugan is a former Nuclear Engineering student and current Physics student. He graduated from David H. Hickman high school in 2015 and is currently a junior at Missouri S&T. Reagan has spent his undergraduate time focusing on medical applications of nuclear technology, such as medical imaging and radiation therapy. Upon graduation in the spring of 2019, he plans to begin a graduate program in medical physics and hopes to eventually work in a clinical setting in the radiation oncology unit of a hospital.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium
Presentation Date
17 Apr 2018, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Radiation Transport Modeling of Gamma Ray Tomography System
Upper Atrium
New accident-tolerant nuclear fuel designs that incorporate advanced safety features and economy are being designed to advance the next generation of nuclear reactors. Experiments are being conducted at nuclear test reactors to determine the overall reliability and performance of the accident-tolerant fuel at both normal operating conditions and beyond-design conditions. This project was tasked with modeling a high-resolution submersible gamma computed tomography (CT) system that utilizes a strong gamma ray source and an array of radiation detectors to measure the transmission of gamma rays from the source through the fuel. The transport of radiation in the tomography system was modeled in the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) software, which was used to evaluate system performance at various design parameters.
Comments
Joint project with: Meelap Coday