Investigation of radiation attenuation properties for baryte concrete

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 7512-7517

  El Sayed Abdo, A ^a   Kansouh, W A ^a   Megahid, R M ^a  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Baryte concrete; Macroscopic cross section and mass attenuation coefficient; Neutron and gamma spectra; Radiation shields; Removal cross section; Total attenuation coefficient

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PHOTONS; RADIATION SHIELDING;

RADIATION ATTENUATION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0036991704     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.7512     Document Type: Article

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