Determination of the response to photons and thermal neutrons of new LiF based TL materials for radiation protection purposes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1367-1370

  Bedogni, Roberto ^a   Esposito, Adolfo ^a   Angelone, Maurizio ^b   Chiti, Maurizio ^a  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry of mixed neutron and photon fields; MCP 6s; Thermal neutron facility; TLD neutron sensitivity; TLD pair

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY OF MIXED NEUTRON AND PHOTON FIELDS; MCP-6S; THERMAL NEUTRON FACILITY; TLD NEUTRON SENSITIVITY; TLD PAIR;

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

PHOTONS;

EID: 33746347047     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.872502     Document Type: Article

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