Activation of gold by the neutrons from the JCO accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-82

  Komura, Kazuhisa ^a   Yousef, Ahmed M ^a   Murata, Yoshimasa ^a   Toshiaki Mitsugashira, ^b   Seki, Riki ^c   Imanaka, Tetsuji ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Criticality accident; Gold 198; JCO accident; Neutron activation; Tokai mura

Indexed keywords

GOLD 198;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; JAPAN; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0034099422     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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