Spectral performance of a composite single-crystal filtered thermal neutron beam for BNCT research at the University of Missouri

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 7-8 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Brockman, J ^a   Nigg, D W ^b   Hawthorne, M F ^a   McKibben, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; BNCT; Neutron source; Thermal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION; AU FOIL; BEAM LINES; BNCT; DESIGN CALCULATIONS; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON SPECTRA; NEUTRONIC; PARAMETER STUDIES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON; SMALL-ANIMAL; SPECTRAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL; THERMAL NEUTRON BEAMS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; THERMAL-NEUTRON FLUX; UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI;

BISMUTH; CADMIUM; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

BISMUTH; CADMIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BISMUTH; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FAST NEUTRONS; HUMANS; MISSOURI; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SILICON;

EID: 67649398804     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.108     Document Type: Article

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