Active inspection of nuclear materials using 4he scintillation detectors

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1412, Issue , 2011, Pages 343-350

  Davatz, G ^a,b   Chandra, R ^a   Gendotti, U ^a   Howard, A ^a,b  

^a ARKTIS RADIATION DETECTORS LTD   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Delayed Neutrons; Fast Neutron Detectors; Fast Scintillator; Gamma Rejection; Induced Fission; Nanosecond Time Resolution; Noble Gas Scintillation; Prompt Neutrons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255179061     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3665333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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