Muographers 2026

Session

Highlights

1 Jun 2026, 13:10

80. Cosmic-Ray Muon Imaging with Nuclear Emulsions

KUNIHIRO MORISHIMA (Nagoya University)

01/06/2026, 13:10

Detector Developments

Talk

Research and development of cosmic-ray muon imaging using nuclear emulsion detectors is being carried out at Nagoya University. Nuclear emulsions are three-dimensional charged-particle tracking detectors based on silver halide photographic technology. Although they are lightweight, compact, and require no power supply, they provide submicron spatial resolution and milliradian angular...

52. Borehole Muon Radiography of Subsurface Density Variations

Dr Tancredi Botto (Muon Vision Inc.)

01/06/2026, 13:30

Civil Engineering and Industrial Applications

Talk

Most applications of muon radiography (muography) are focused on a static determination of the bulk density of above ground structures or of the subsurface as is. In this paper, we present recent results from a demonstration of muography’s potential for determining contrasts in bulk density over time. Similarly to the so-called contrast agent CT in the medical field, contrast muography offers...

91. Cosmic-ray Muon Scattering for Nuclear Material Measurement

Haruo Miyadera (Toshiba Corporation, 1-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8001, Japan)

01/06/2026, 13:50

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

At Fukushima Daiichi, the removal of nuclear debris is underway, and when loading debris in a container, it is important to measure the amount of the nuclear fuel contained in the debris to reduce the storage cost by classifying the waste by the amount of contained fuel. The highly radioactive debris makes the conventional passive and active measurements using gamma rays and neutrons...

100. SilentBorder2: Advancing Non-Invasive Cargo Inspection with Next-Generation Muon Imaging

Sarah Barnes (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures, Bremerhaven, Germany)

01/06/2026, 14:10

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

SilentBorder2 is a newly confirmed Horizon Europe project that builds upon the results of the SilentBorder project and will redefine non-invasive cargo inspection by exploiting both natural and artificial muon sources for imaging applications across diverse cargo types and configurations. Traditional muon scattering tomography systems rely solely on the natural flux of cosmic muons, enabling...