Development of phoswich detectors for simultaneous counting of alpha particles and other radiations (emitted from actinides)

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 9-11, 1998, Pages 1131-1134

  Usuda, Shigekazu ^a   Yasuda, Kenichiro ^a   Sakurai, Satoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RADIATION COUNTERS;

ACTINIDE MONITORS; PHOSWICH DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

ACTINIDE; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILTER; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 0032145580     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)10033-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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