A dosemeter based on nuclear etched track detectors for thermal, fast and high energy neutrons with flat response

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 85, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 39-43

  Bouassoule, T ^a   Fernandez F ^a   Marn, M ^a   Tomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032781829     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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