Conceptual design of a clinical BNCT beam in an adjacent dry cell of the Jozef Stefan Institute TRIGA reactor

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-195

  Maučec, Marko ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON FLUX;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0343826646     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT00-A3137     Document Type: Article

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