Document Details
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Title:
NEUTRON DETECTOR SHIELDING IN A REACTOR BACKGROUND ENVIRONMENT
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
RADIATION AND RADIATION PROTECTION
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1964 Jan 21
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
7
Accession Number:
RL-1-382290
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-3284
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 10
Description/Abstract:
SHIELDING MATERIALS STUDIED WERE B4C, BORIC ACID, Cd AND WATER. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT CAREFULLY CHOSEN MIXTURES OF ABSORBERS AND SCATTERERS PROVIDE BETTER DETECTOR SHIELDING THAN EITHER TYPE OF MATERIAL SEPARATELY