Development of active environmental and personal neutron dosemeters

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 169-181

  Nakamura, T ^a,b   Nunomiya, T ^a,b   Sasaki, M ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJI ELECTRIC CO   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 4644357401     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch158     Document Type: Article

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