Comparison of plastic and NaI(Tl) scintillators for vehicle portal monitor applications

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1065-1069

  Stromswold, David C ^a   Siciliano, Edward R ^a   Schweppe, John E ^a   Ely, James H ^a   Milbrath, Brian D ^a   Kouzes, Richard T ^a   Geelhood, Bruce D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; INSTALLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASTICS; RELIABILITY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

NA(T1); NATURALLY OCCURING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (NORM); POLYVINYL TOLUENE (PVT); SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS (SNM);

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 11944264606     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1351876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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