Measurement of γ-ray dose in a thermal neutron field by using a He-filtered GM counter

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1851-1854

  Kudo, K ^a   Takeda, N ^a   Fukuda, A ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; GRAPHITE; HELIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS;

ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; HELIUM FILTERED COUNTERS; THERMAL NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTION; THERMAL NEUTRON FIELD;

RADIATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0030170246     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.507235     Document Type: Article

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