Gamma radiation detectors for safeguards applications

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 380-383

  Carchon, R ^a   Moeslinger, M ^a   Bourva, L ^a   Bass, C ^a   Zendel, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CZT; Gamma detectors; HpGe; NaI; Safeguards

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SAFETY ENGINEERING; SPECTROMETRY;

GAMMA DETECTORS; NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS; ROOM TEMPERATURE GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; SAFEGUARDS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 34547693390     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.086     Document Type: Article

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