A technique for measuring dose equivalent and neutron fluxes in radiation environments using silicon diodes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3442-3449

  Hands, Alex ^a   Dyer, Clive ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Neutron beams; P i n diodes; Radiation monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTING; BEAM MONITORING; DOSE EQUIVALENT; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT; MIXED RADIATION; PIN DIODE; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION MONITORS; RADIATION TRANSPORT CODES; SILICON DIODES; SOLID-STATE TECHNOLOGIES; STATE-BASED;

AVIATION; DIODES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; HEAT RADIATION; MONITORING; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON FLUX; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; TEST FACILITIES;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 72349099368     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2034000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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