The SuperMISTI instrument, a large gamma-ray imaging system built for the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the auspices of the Maritime Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Detection program, provides a deployable system for the detection and identification of special nuclear material from stand-off distances.
The detection system can be used both in passive detection mode and in active interrogation mode with interrogating beams.
Build deployable system with imaging and spectroscopy:
- Spectroscopy provides unambiguous isotope identification
- Imaging provides source location
- Entire system is in standard (ISO) 20-ft shipping container
- Participate in active interrogation tests with distances up to a mile
- Participate in passive detection campaign with real objects in collaboration with AWE (UK)
- Participate in ONR-WMD Detection test campaigns
- NRL SuperMisti demonstrated detection and imaging for passive detection with distances to source > 400 feet
- Successfully demonstrated use of SuperMISTI in active interrogation environment
- Successfully demonstrated use of SuperMISTI in diverse range of on-water experiments, e.g. ONR’s MANTA in summer 2012