Neutron detector mobilizes muons for nuclear, quantum material

Neutron detector mobilizes muons for nuclear, quantum material

Lead muon detector developer Polad Shikhaliev looks on as JungHyun Bae, a Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow at ORNL, looks inside a muon detector he envisioned during his doctoral studies.

coffmanke@ornl.gov

In a collaboration showing the power of innovation and teamwork, physicists and engineers at ORNL developed a mobile muon detector that promises to enhance monitoring for spent nuclear fuel and help address a critical challenge for quantum computing. 

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