Power monitoring in space nuclear reactors using silicon carbide radiation detectors

American Nuclear Society Embedded Topical Meeting - 2005 Space Nuclear Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 468-475

  Ruddy, Frank H ^a   Patel, Jagdish U ^b   Williams, John G ^c  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; MONITORING; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRONS; POWER CONTROL; SILICON CARBIDE; SPACE RESEARCH;

GAMMA-RAY EXPOSURE; LEAKAGE NEUTRONS; NEUTRON FLUXES; POWER MONITORING;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 27844529807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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