Maritime Detection of Radiological/Nuclear Threats with Hybrid Imaging System

Abstract

Improved detection of weapons of mass destruction is one of the Science and Technology priorities of the Secretary of Defense for Fiscal Years 2013-2017. Unfortunately, the remote detection of special nuclear materials is difficult because the materials are not very radioactive, the radiation signatures decrease rapidly with distance, and faint sources of radiation can be obscured by naturally occurring and man-made radioactive sources. The Radiation Detection Section of the High Energy Space Environment Branch of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has developed the SuperMISTI stand-off detection system for maritime environments. The instrument was deployed at Norfolk Naval Station in July 2012 as part of the Manta technology demonstration to determine the on-water performance of the system. Detailed descriptions of the SuperMISTI system and its operation are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA599488

Entities

People

  • Anthony L. Hutcheson
  • Bernard F. Philps
  • Byron E. Leas
  • Eric A. Wulf
  • Lee J. Mitchell
  • W. Neil Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Background Radiation
  • Ballast Tanks
  • Containers
  • Demonstrations
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Environment
  • Gamma Rays
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Military Research
  • Space Environments
  • Three Dimensional
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects