Article history: Received 8 October 2008 Received in revised form 19 November 2008 Accepted 19 November 2008 Available online 12 January 2009 0306-4549/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2008.11.023 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 615 7830; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (S.D. Clarke). Active photon interrogation systems may be employed to detect high-Z i...

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