Muographers 2026

Session

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

3 Jun 2026, 13:00

53. Simulation study on high-resolution muon tomography of a spent nuclear fuel storage cask

Maximilian Pérez Prada (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

03/06/2026, 13:00

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

A significant fraction of the spent nuclear fuel used in nuclear power and research plants around the world is stored in dry storage casks. Since these casks are equipped with heavy shielding, monitoring of the condition of the spent nuclear fuel is often based on indirect methods, such as temperature or radiation checks. Due to their high penetration power and natural occurrence, the use of...

51. Analysis of Case-dependent Detector Placement Around a Thick-walled Nuclear Waste Cask

Johannes Kowalewicz (Technical University Munich), Julia Niedermeier (Technical University Munich)

03/06/2026, 13:15

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

Resolving the internal geometry of a thick-walled spent nuclear fuel cask in detail is a demanding task in the field of muography. In thick-walled, heterogeneous systems, the multiple-scattering nature of cosmic muons complicates both trajectory reconstruction and the exact localization of where the dominant scattering occurred as the measured net deflection represents an integral over many...

46. Experimental results of muon tomography of spent nuclear fuel casks and the impact of geometrical acceptance constraints

Thomas Boland (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany)

03/06/2026, 13:30

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

The MUTOMCA (MUon TOMography for CAsks) project is an international research collaboration that investigates muon tomography as a potential candidate for the reverification of strongly shielding spent nuclear fuel casks to strengthen international nuclear safeguards. A field trial was performed within the scope of this project, where atmospheric muons crossing these casks were measured using...

44. Anomaly Detection in Operational Muon Cargo Inspection with Real Scan Data

Angel Bueno Rodriguez (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

03/06/2026, 13:45

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

This work reports the first operational deployment of a neural network-based anomaly detection system for maritime container inspection using muon scattering tomography. While maritime container inspection is essential for infrastructure security, it remains highly complex due to the wide range of structural cargo configurations in which anomalies are likely to occur. In addition, the physical...

65. Muon scattering tomography studies of a sealed container and commissioning of a Micromegas tracking system

Dr S. Kaur (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario, Canada K0J 1J0)

03/06/2026, 14:00

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

Muon tomography research at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories continues to expand through both applied investigations and detector development activities. As part of legacy waste characterization at the Perch Lake site, a sealed 80-kg steel pail containing a dense internal object was examined using the Muon Portable Imager for Counter-terrorism (MuPIC). Conventional imaging methods, including...

27. Recent analyses of muon tomography in the nuclear field

Greppi Mattia (CEA-Saclay)

03/06/2026, 14:15

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

The need for more stable, low-carbon energy sources is driving the construction of new nuclear reactors around the world. This also increases the production of nuclear waste, which must be stored and monitored for safety reasons.
At CEA-IRFU, Micromegas detectors, designed for high-energy physics, are used to study the application of muon tomography in the nuclear field. Studies have focused...

21. Classifying low-Z materials with muon scattering tomography for border security

Dr Nicholas Reed (Imperial College London)

03/06/2026, 14:30

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

With the rise of online shopping and e-commerce platforms, the volume of packages passing through EU shipping centres has more than doubled, requiring new techniques and technologies to help prevent smuggling. CosmoPort is a Horizon-EU funded project aimed to deploy muon scattering tomography in EU postal centres, targeting illicit goods such as drugs, tobacco, and firearms. Using a prototype...

92. Implementation of Muon-Induced Secondary Particle Detection for Enhanced Imaging

Kristina Bikit (Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia)

03/06/2026, 14:45

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

While cosmic-ray muography has become a proven tool for inspecting large-scale geological and industrial structures, such as nuclear reactor fuel, imaging small objects with low atomic numbers and low densities remains a significant challenge. Our research group has demonstrated a novel imaging method that addresses this limitation by detecting secondary radiation produced within the target...

89. Simulation study of muon scattering tomography for low-contrast medical imaging

Noemi Zabari (Muotech, Rzeszow, Poland)

03/06/2026, 15:00

Muon Imaging for Safety, Security, and Health

Talk

Muon scattering tomography (MST) leverages the multiple Coulomb scattering of cosmic-ray muons to reconstruct the internal structure of dense objects. While extensively studied in security and geophysics, its application to medical imaging remains an open question. We report on a simulation-based study evaluating the feasibility of MST for imaging biological tissues, with a focus on spine...