Behaviour of neutrons from spallation reaction and Pu-Be source in comparable moderating environments

Kerntechnik

Volumn 67, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 281-284

  Hashemi Nezhad, S Reza ^a   Brandt, R ^b   Westmeier, W ^c   Odoj, R ^d   Krivopustov, Micha Ivanovich ^e   Sosnin, Andrei Nikolaijevich ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Dr Westmeier GmbH   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAFFINS; PLUTONIUM; SENSORS; BERYLLIUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; NEUTRONS;

SPALLATION REACTIONS;

NEUTRONS; NEUTRON SOURCES;

NEUTRON YIELDS; SPALLATION NEUTRONS; SPALLATION PROCESS; SPALLATION REACTIONS; SPECTRA'S;

EID: 0036866746     PISSN: 09323902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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