Workplace characterisation in mixed neutron-gamma fields, specific requirements and available methods at high-energy accelerators

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-244

  Silari, Marco ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETER; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; GAMMA RADIATION; MUON; NEUTRON; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHOTON; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITORING; SPECTROMETRY;

GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION MONITORING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 37449031025     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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