Transmission through shields of quasi-monoenergetic neutrons generated by 43- and 68-MeV protons - II: Iron shielding experiment and analysis for investigating calculational method and cross-section data

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-257

  Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Nakao, Noriaki ^b,d   Tanaka, Shun Ichi ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^b   Shin, Kazuo ^c   Tanaka, Susumu ^a   Takada, Hiroshi ^a   Meigo, Shinichiro ^a   Nakane, Yoshihiro ^a   Sakamoto, Yukio ^a   Baba, Mamoru ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; IRON; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PROTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION;

BONNER BALL DETECTOR; IRON SHIELDING EXPERIMENT; LEGENDRE EXPANSION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTOR; NEUTRON SPECTRA; QUASIMONOENERGETIC NEUTRONS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 0030269039     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE96-A28575     Document Type: Article

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