Research reactor KAMINI

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 872-880

  Usha, S ^a   Ramanarayanan, R R ^a   Mohanakrishnan, P ^a   Kapoor, R P ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; MODERATORS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; URANIUM;

BIOLOGICAL SHIELD; IRRADIATION LOCATIONS; SAFETY CONTROL PLATES (SCP);

RESEARCH REACTORS;

EID: 33645990654     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.09.033     Document Type: Article

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