Uncertainties in recorded photon radiation doses at Sellafield

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-32

  Kite, A V ^a   Britcher, A R ^a  

^a SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002555254     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031792     Document Type: Article

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