Characterisation of the IRSN CANEL/T400 facility producing realistic neutron fields for calibration and test purposes

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 523-527

  Gressier, Vincent ^a   Lacoste, V ^a   Lebreton, L ^a   Muller, H ^a   Pelcot, G ^a   Bakali, M ^b   Fernandez F ^b   Tomas M ^b   Roberts, N J ^c   Thomas, D J ^c   Reginatto, M ^d   Wiegel, B ^d   Wittstock, J ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4644257503     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch227     Document Type: Article

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