Nuclear waste imaging and spent fuel verification by muon tomography

@article{Jonkmans2012NuclearWI,
  title={Nuclear waste imaging and spent fuel verification by muon tomography},
  author={Guy Jonkmans and Vinicius Nicolae Petre Anghel and Cybele Jewett and Martin Thompson},
  journal={Annals of Nuclear Energy},
  year={2012},
  volume={53},
  pages={267-273}
}
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