Initial performance characterization for a thermalized neutron beam for neutron capture therapy research at Washington State University

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 93, Issue , 2005, Pages 807-809

  Nigg, D W ^a   Sloan, P E ^b   Venhuizen, J R ^a   Wemple, C A ^a   Tripard, G E ^c   Fox, K ^c   Corwin, E ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33244495742     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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