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ARG-US Remote Monitoring Systems: Use Cases and Applications in Nuclear Facilities and During Transportation
As highlighted in the Spring 2024 issue of Radwaste Solutions, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are developing and deploying ARG-US—meaning “Watchful Guardian”—remote monitoring systems technologies to enhance the safety, security, and safeguards (3S) of packages of nuclear and other radioactive material during storage, transportation, and disposal.
B. D. Ganapol, Ó. López Pouso
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 9 | September 2023 | Pages 2327-2342
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2194228
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) is one of the quintessential equations of particle transport theory. Representing small angle scattering characteristics of electron and photon transport by differential scattering indeed is a mathematical/numerical challenge. Here, we address the challenge with the method of response matrix applied to the Sn approximation to arrive at a nearly six-place-precision benchmark. Our approach aligns with the response matrix solution of the radiative transfer equation for anisotropic scattering published previously. We conclude with the comparison of the response matrix benchmark to a classical finite difference approximation.