Intercomparison of radiation protection devices in a high-energy stray neutron field, Part II: Bonner sphere spectrometry

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 660-672

  Wiegel, B ^a   Agosteo, S ^b   Bedogni, R ^c   Caresana, M ^b   Esposito, A ^c   Fehrenbacher, G ^d   Ferrarini, M ^b   Hohmann, E ^a   Hranitzky, C ^e   Kasper, A ^a   Khurana, S ^a   Mares, V ^f   Reginatto, M ^a   Rollet, S ^e   Ruhm W ^f   Schardt, D ^d   Silari, M ^g   Simmer, G ^f   Weitzenegger, E ^f  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^d GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^e ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Area monitoring; Bonner spheres; High energy neutrons; Mixed radiation fields; Neutron spectrometry; Radiation protection; Radiation shielding; Stray field

Indexed keywords

AREA MONITORING; BONNER SPHERES; HIGH ENERGY NEUTRONS; MIXED RADIATION FIELDS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY; STRAY FIELD;

CAVES; COORDINATION REACTIONS; DOSIMETRY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MONITORING; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPHERES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 63949087141     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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