Improved neutron spectrometer based on Bonner spheres

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 285-289

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; POLYETHYLENE;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTROMETER; THICKNESS;

EID: 0030942891     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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