The fission track detector revisited: Application to individual neutron dosimetry

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 128-134

  Pretre S ^a   Aroua, A ^b   Boschung, M ^c   Grecescu, M ^b   Valley, J F ^b   Wernli, Ch ^c  

^a Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

^b Institute for Applied Radiophysics   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dosimetry; fission products; neutron dosimetry; neutrons

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; FISSION NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0029941279     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199608000-00002     Document Type: Article

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