Use of passive detectors to characterize neutron field hardness

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 779-783

  Aroua, A ^a   Grecescu, M ^a   Pretre S ^b   Valley, J F ^a  

^a Institute for Applied Radiophysics   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

dosimetry; neutron dosimetry; neutrons; radiation monitors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HARDNESS; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 0030901057     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199705000-00015     Document Type: Article

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