Fluence to dose conversion coefficients for high-energy neutron, proton and alpha particles

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2000, Pages 865-869

  Yoshizawa, Nobuaki ^a   Sato, Osamu ^a   Takagi, Shunji ^a   Furihata, Shiori ^a   Funabiki, Lun ^a   Iwai, Satoshi ^b   Uehara, Takashi ^b   Tanaka, Shun Ichi ^c   Sakamoto, Yukio ^c  

^a MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Nuclear Development Corporation   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha particle fluence; Anthropomorphic phantom; Deterministic effects; Effective dose; Fluence to effective dose conversion coefficient; HETC 3STEP; MIRD 5; Monte Carlo Calculation; Neutron fluence; Organ dose; Proton fluence; Q L relationship; Radiation weighting factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012745012     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2000.10875013     Document Type: Article

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