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High Energy Resolution Mixed-Halide Elpasolite Scintillators for Next Generation RIID

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Contract: HDTRA120C0051
Agency Tracking Number: T2-0384
Amount: $998,825.59
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: DTRA18B-003
Solicitation Number: 18.B
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2018
Award Year: 2020
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2020-07-10
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2022-07-09
Small Business Information
Suite 1B 6 Huron Drive
Natick, MA 01760
United States
DUNS: 087651260
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Shariar Motakef
 Senior Engineer and President
 (508) 653-7100
 motakef@capesim.com
Business Contact
 Shariar Motakef
Phone: (508) 653-7100
Email: motakef@capesim.com
Research Institution
 Fisk University
 Patrice Ward Patrice Ward
 
100 Seventeenth Avenue N.
Nashville, TN 37208
United States

 (615) 329-8531
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The ability to discriminate between threatening and benign sources depends on the sensitivity, accuracy, and identification speed of the detection equipment. High energy resolution of the radionuclide sensor is necessary to decrease the likelihood of false identification. However, few scintillators achieve better than 3% energy resolution at 662 keV, and none exceed 2.5%. The goal of this effort is to identify and develop novel scintillators with that can achieve: (1) high energy resolutions of 2-2.5% at 662 keV, (2) high detection efficiency, (3) dual mode (neutron/gamma) detection, and (4) scaled growth to larger crystal sizes at low cost. The development and implementation of affordable scintillators with superior energy resolution and performance will appreciably contribute to the efficient identification and interdiction of SNM. This program will be a collaborative effort between CapeSym and Fisk University.

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