Monitoring of MNSR operation by measuring subcritical photoneutron flux

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 623-628

  Haddad, K H ^a   Alsomel, N ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Control rod; Cooling time; Hard gamma; MNSR; Photoneutron; Subcritical

Indexed keywords

COOLING TIME; HARD GAMMA; MNSR; PHOTONEUTRON; SUBCRITICAL;

BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CONTROL RODS; COOLING; FISSION PRODUCTS; MONITORING; NEUTRON DETECTORS; REACTOR OPERATION;

NEUTRONS;

BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; LANTHANUM; SODIUM 24; TELLURIUM; XENON; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; COOLING; GAMMA RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINIATURE NEUTRON SOURCE REACTOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MONITORING; REACTOR OPERATION;

EID: 78751701847     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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