A new finite cloud method for calculating external exposure dose in a nuclear emergency

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-216

  Wang, X Y ^a   Ling, Y S ^a   Shi, Z Q ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DISPERSION (WAVES); GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DOSE RATE; EXPOSURE DOSE; FINITE CLOUD METHOD; NUCLEAR EMERGENCY;

CLOUD CHAMBERS;

EID: 2942622040     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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