Characteristics of the KUR Heavy Water Neutron Irradiation Facility as a neutron irradiation field with variable energy spectra

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 453, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 569-596

  Sakurai, Yoshinori ^a   Kobayashi, Tooru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; HEAVY WATER REACTORS; PARTICLE BEAMS;

FOIL ACTIVATION METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON SPECTRUM SHIFTER; THERMAL NEUTRON FILTER;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION APPARATUS;

EID: 0034292303     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00465-4     Document Type: Article

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