Development of dose monitoring system applicable to various radiations with wide energy ranges

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 768-778

  Sato, Tatsuhiko ^a   Satoh, Daiki ^a   Endo, Akira ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background dose; DARWIN; Digital oscilloscope; Dose monitor; G function; High energy neutron; Liquid organic scintillator; Pulse shape discrimination; Radiation protection; SCINFUL QMD

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND DOSE; DARWIN; DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPE; DOSE MONITOR; G-FUNCTION; HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON; LIQUID ORGANIC SCINTILLATOR; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; SCINFUL-QMD;

MONITORING; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 26844551743     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2004.9726446     Document Type: Article

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