Superheated emulsions as high-energy neutron dosemeters

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 325-331

  Das, Mala ^a   Sawamura, Teruko ^a   Abe, Masashi ^a   Kaneko, Junichi H ^a   Homma, Akira ^a   Fujita, Fumiyuki ^a   Tsuda, Shuichi ^b   Nishitani, Takeo ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMULSION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEATING; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THICKNESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAST NEUTRONS; HEAT; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 4644293417     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch115     Document Type: Article

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