The NIPS station can accommodate larger objects for bulk elemental analysis, similar to PGAA. Combining the position-sensitive prompt gamma-ray detection (i.e. prompt gamma-ray activation imaging, PGAI at the NIPS) and neutron radiography/tomography (NR/NT at the NORMA), it is possible to determine the 3D distribution of major elements and to visualize internal structures of heterogeneous objects in a non-destructive way. Neutron attenuation, scattering or radiative capture are used in various non-destructive methods to gain morphological, structural, elemental or isotopic information about the sample under study. The installation (NIPS-NORMA) consists of a well-shielded, Compton-suppressed HPGe detector; a CCD-camera based imaging equipment and a motorized positioning system with sample support.

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few cm3 volume