Transmission through shields of quasi-monoenergetic neutrons generated by 43- and 68-MeV protons - I: Concrete shielding experiment and calculation for practical application

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 228-242

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

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR SHIELDING; ION BOMBARDMENT; LITHIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRON SOURCES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOSPHORS; PROTONS; RADIATION COUNTERS; SPECTROMETERS; TARGETS;

ENERGY SPECTRA; MULTIMODERATOR SPECTROMETER; ORGANIC LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; PROTON RECOIL COUNTER TELESCOPE; QUASIMONOENERGETIC NEUTRONS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 0030269126     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE96-A28574     Document Type: Article

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