Measurement of free beam neutron spectra at eight BNCT facilities worldwide

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1021-1026

  Auterinen, I ^a   Seren T ^a   Anttila, K ^a   Kosunen, A ^b   Savolainen, S ^c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activation detectors; BNCT; Epithermal neutron beam; Neutron spectrum

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EPITHERMAL BEAMS; FISSION CONVERTERS;

NEUTRON BEAMS;

BORON;

ARGENTINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; JAPAN; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FAST NEUTRONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 4143123419     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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