Homogeneous 242mAm-fueled reactor for neutron capture therapy

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-304

  Ronen, Y ^a   Aboudy, M ^a   Regev, D ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON BEAMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ONCOLOGY;

AMERICIUM FUELED REACTOR; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY;

NEUTRON SOURCES;

EID: 0035400278     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE01-A2215     Document Type: Article

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