Non-destructive inspection of water or high-pressure hydrogen gas in metal pipes by the flash of neutrons and x rays generated by laser
Abstract
The thermal and epithermal neutrons are powerful probes to inspect water or high-pressure hydrogen gas because of their large scattering cross-sections with protons. Laser-driven neutron source, which is able to simultaneously emit different types of radiations such as x rays, can be used for neutron and x-ray radiography in the same laser shot. In this paper, we report the demonstration of non-destructive inspection for H2O contained within a stainless steel pipe using a laser-driven thermal neutron source, where water and stainless containers are detected by neutrons and x rays, respectively. The simulation result indicates that this method can also provide the capability to measure the hydrogen density in high-pressure hydrogen gas in metal containers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1063/5.0088997
Entities
People
- A. Yogo
- Hiroaki Nishimura
- Kunioki Mima
- Maiko Nakanishi
- Masakatsu Murakami
- Mitsuo Nakai
- Ryosuke Kodama
- S. Reza Mirfayzi
- Satyabrata Kar
- Shinsuke Fujioka
- Takato Mori
- Takehito Hayakawa
- Tianyun Wei
- Yasunobu Arikawa
- Yuki Abe
- Zechen Lan
Organizations
- Central Laser Facility
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Fukui University of Technology
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences
- Office of Naval Research
- Osaka University
- Queen's University Belfast