The new hybrid thermal neutron facility at TAPIRO reactor for BNCT radiobiological experiments

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 69-73

  Esposito, Juan ^a   Rosi, G ^b   Agosteo, S ^c,d  

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRRADIATION; ITALY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; POWER SPECTRUM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOBIOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; RESEARCH; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAT; ITALY; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 36348952988     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm015     Document Type: Article

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