Nuclear energy is a growing field worldwide due to its wide range of applications
in various walks of life. It, however, deals with radioactive materials, specifically special
nuclear material, which, if misused, could result in catastrophic consequences. In order
to protect this precious resource and ensure its use for the good of mankind, safeguard
systems are more important than ever. Current Market solutions are wide ranged but
have a large number of disadvantages, some of which include high cost, constant
updates, and incomplete efforts. The rising need of a cost effective, efficient, and
integrated radioactive safeguard system serves as motivation for the solution outlined in
this thesis. The thesis outlines a solution structured around the three pillars of the
international safeguards program, namely, visual surveillance and motion detection,
containment analysis, and non-destructive analysis. The hardware around each of these
pillars work together with a clean and user-friendly application to provide a secure
safeguards system that is both flexible and extensible.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8704 |
| Date | 2010 December 1900 |
| Creators | Singh, Harneet |
| Contributors | Ji, Jim X. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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