Neutron measurements in the vandellòs II nuclear power plant with a bonner sphere system

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 517-521

  Fernández, Francisco ^a   Bakali, M ^b   Tomas M ^a   Muller, H ^b   Pochat, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MONITORING; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; REACTOR; REFERENCE VALUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644302247     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch383     Document Type: Article

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