Dose enhancement in a room cobalt-60 source1

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6 PART 1, 1997, Pages 2052-2057

  Simons, M ^a   Pease, R L ^b   Fleetwood, D M ^c   Schwank, J R ^d   Krzesniak, M F ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b RLP Research   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; GAMMA RAYS; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; MOSFET DEVICES; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

DOSE ENHANCEMENT; GAMMA RAY SOURCES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DEVICES;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031341057     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.658990     Document Type: Article

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