Scintilla European project, the successful research results

Guillaume Sannié (1) , Vladimir Kondrasovs (1) , Gwenolé Corre (1) , Karim Boudergui (1) , B. Perot (2) , C. Carasco (2) , G. Montemont (3) , P. Peerani (4) , C. Carrapico (4) , A. Tomanin (4) , F. Rosas (4) , M. Caviglia (4) , G. Eklund (4) , H. Tagziria (4) , H. Friedrich (5) , S. Chmel (5) , R. de Vita (6) , E. Manchini (6) , M. Pavan (6) , M. Grattarola (7) , E. Botta (7) , A. Kovács (8) , L. Lakosi (8) , C. Baumhauen (9) , T. Deheuninck (9) , E. Haddad (9) , G. Petrossian (10) , A. Ferragut (10) , J.M. Bellami (10) , G. Dermody (11) , G. Crossingham (11)

1 LCAE (CEA, LIST) - Laboratoire Capteurs et Architectures Electroniques (CEA, LIST)
2 LMN - Laboratoire de Mesures Nucléaires
3 CEA-LETI - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Information
4 JRC - European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Ispra]
5 Fraunhofer INT - Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis
6 INFN, Sezione di Genova - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova
7 Ansaldo Nucleare
8 MTA - Hungarian Academy of Sciences
9 ARTTIC
10 SAPHYMO
11 Symetrica Security Ltd

The Scintilla FP7 project is ended in December 2014, the fruitful results of 3 years development and tests will be presented. SCINTILLA offers the capacity to finding a reliable alternative to Helium-3 based detection systems since the gas which is predominantly used in nuclear safeguards and security applications has now become very expensive, rare and nearly unavailable. SCINTILLA benchmarks results are based on international standards. Radiation Portal tests were carried out at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra (Italy). The scintilla project addresses few main issues. The first is to develop neutron detectors for Radiation Portal Monitor (RPM) and the second is the need of new wearable integrated solutions for Spectrometric Personal Radiation Monitor (SPRM). The partners which provide technical systems of the scintilla project are INFN-ANSALDO, CEA, SYMETRICA and SAPHYMO. For RPM, the objective is to find reliable alternatives to Helium-3 historical neutron detector and provide technical solutions which cope with tests for reliable mobile and cost effective. For Spectrometric Personal Radiation Monitor (SPRM), SCINTILLA is innovating in technology areas that offer complementary capabilities for detecting and identifying gamma Two CZT (Cadmium Zinc Telluride) addressing contexts of used by first responder technologies, one is a wearable detector and the second is a gamma camera complemented by advanced image processing technologies.

Mots clés: gamma camera; gamma radiation detection; Homeland security; Safe measurements; neutrons; Helium 3; Radiation Portal Monitor (RPM); neutron detector; Spectrometric Personal Radiation Monitor (SPRM); Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT); ionizing radiation; radioactivity; electronic architecture; instrumentation; nuclear instrumentation; gamma-rays; spectrometry; gamma imaging; spectrum analysis; signal processing

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]

Guillaume Sannié, Vladimir Kondrasovs, Gwenolé Corre, Karim Boudergui, B. Perot, et al.. Scintilla European project, the successful research results. 2015 4th International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), Apr 2015, Lisbon, Portugal. ⟨10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465619⟩. ⟨cea-01823370⟩