A non-destructive inspection system includes: a neutron emission unit capable of emitting neutrons having a first neutron dose; a neutron detection unit capable of detecting a second neutron dose of neutrons scattered inside an inspection object A by the emission of the neutrons from the neutron emission unit; a gamma-ray detection unit capable of detecting a gamma dose of gamma rays released from the inspection object A by the emission of the neutrons from the neutron emission unit; and an analysis unit configured to calculate a content of a predetermined substance based on the gamma dose and correct the content of the predetermined substance based on the first neutron dose and the second neutron dose.

A method for gain correcting a gamma ray spectrum includes acquiring a gamma ray spectrum including gamma ray counts distributed into a plurality of energy channels, evaluating the acquired gamma ray spectrum to determine an energy of a calibration feature therein, comparing the energy of the calibration feature in the acquired spectrum to a standard spectral energy to determine a deviation between the energy of the calibration feature and the standard spectral energy, and adjusting the acquired spectrum so that the energy of the calibration feature is equal to the standard spectral energy to obtain a gain calibrated spectrum.

A concentration detector includes: a neutron source emitting neutrons to a target; a gamma ray detector detecting and determining an amount of specific gamma rays that are among gamma rays generated in the target by interactions with the neutrons; and a concentration calculator calculating a concentration of the target at selected depths in the inspection target, based on the detected amount. A relational expression expressing a relation between a plurality of concentrations of the target in a plurality of virtual layers and a detected amount of the specific gamma rays is predetermined for each type of the specific gamma rays or each detection condition. The concentration calculator applies the detected amount for each gamma ray type or each detection condition, to the relational expression for the type or the detection condition, and calculates a concentration of the target component in the layer at each depth or the specific depth.

A non-destructive inspection system includes a non-destructive inspection apparatus and a management apparatus. The non-destructive inspection apparatus includes: a neutron emission unit capable of emitting a neutron beam; a gamma-ray detector capable of detecting a gamma ray; an apparatus case covering the neutron emission unit and the gamma-ray detector and including an opening; an outer shutter configured to open and close the opening; dose monitors each provided on the apparatus case and configured to detect a radioactive dose; an apparatus communication unit capable of transmitting apparatus information including the detected radioactive dose to the management apparatus and capable of receiving inspection permission information from the management apparatus; and an apparatus control unit configured to open the outer shutter and allows emission of the neutron beam from the neutron emission unit upon acquisition of the inspection permission information.

There is described herein a method for preparation of an at least partially liquid sample for activation analysis. The method may comprise placing the sample containing at least one target element in a container and solidifying the sample within the container. There is also described herein a method and a system for performing neutron or gamma activation analysis. The method may comprise providing an at least partially liquid sample containing at least one target element. The sample is solidified. The solidified sample is irradiated to activate at least one target element within the sample. The number of gamma rays emitted by the at least one target element may be measured. A value representative of the concentration of the at least one target element in the sample may be determined utilising the measurement of gamma rays emitted by the at least one target element and a calibration determined from a solid sample of known composition.

A method for identifying a soil texture class of a soil using gamma analysis comprises: acquiring an inelastic neutron scattering (INS) gamma spectrum of the soil; calculating at least one ratio of a mass fraction of a first oxide to a mass fraction of a second oxide present in the soil, wherein the mass fraction of each of the first and second oxides is determined from calculating a contribution to a characteristic peak in the gamma spectrum of the soil by each oxide of the first and second oxides; and identifying one or more soil texture classes of the soil by identifying a contour line of a contour plot that corresponds to the calculated at least one ratio, wherein the contour line correlates the calculated at least one ratio to one or more soil texture classes. A mobile system for gamma analysis determination of soil texture is also provided.

A system for predicting rare earth elements (REEs) in a feedstock sample includes a measurement instrument that records a measurement for a sample, a processor communicatively coupled to the measuring instrument, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and containing machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to correlate the measurement series using a model; and predict a presence of one or more rare earth element based at least in part on the correlation. A method for predicting rare earth elements includes measuring feedstock samples via XRF or PGNAA, to generate a measurements of elements of interest with a lower atomic weight than REEs; correlating the measurements with a model; and predicting a presence of one or more rare earth elements based at least in part on the correlation.