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Title: On the possibility to investigate irradiated fuel pins non-destructively by digital neutron radiography with a neutron-sensitive microchannel plate detector with Timepix readout

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Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Journal Volume: 927 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
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Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
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English

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Tremsin, A. S., Craft, A. E., Papaioannou, G. C., Smolinski, A. T., Boulton, N. M., Ruddell, M. A., Littell, B. J., and Riley, K. D. On the possibility to investigate irradiated fuel pins non-destructively by digital neutron radiography with a neutron-sensitive microchannel plate detector with Timepix readout. Netherlands: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.02.012.
Tremsin, A. S., Craft, A. E., Papaioannou, G. C., Smolinski, A. T., Boulton, N. M., Ruddell, M. A., Littell, B. J., & Riley, K. D. On the possibility to investigate irradiated fuel pins non-destructively by digital neutron radiography with a neutron-sensitive microchannel plate detector with Timepix readout. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.02.012
Tremsin, A. S., Craft, A. E., Papaioannou, G. C., Smolinski, A. T., Boulton, N. M., Ruddell, M. A., Littell, B. J., and Riley, K. D. Wed . "On the possibility to investigate irradiated fuel pins non-destructively by digital neutron radiography with a neutron-sensitive microchannel plate detector with Timepix readout". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.02.012.
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author = {Tremsin, A. S. and Craft, A. E. and Papaioannou, G. C. and Smolinski, A. T. and Boulton, N. M. and Ruddell, M. A. and Littell, B. J. and Riley, K. D.},
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year = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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