Use of the MCNP-Polimi code for time-correlation safeguards measurements

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 43, Issue 1-4 SPEC, 2003, Pages 305-311

  Marseguerra, M ^a   Padovani, E ^a   Pozzi, S A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlation measurements; Detector efficiency; MCNP PoliMi; Nuclear safeguards; Plastic scintillation detector

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GAMMA RAYS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUTRONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

DETECTOR EFFICIENCY; TIME-CORRELATION SAFEGUARDS;

NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS;

EID: 0038078180     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(03)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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