ISSN: 0090-3973
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Long-Term Dosimetry
Morgan, WC
Senior research scientist, Ceramics and Graphite Section, Fuels and Materials Department, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Wash.

Abstract

It should be assumed that the shape of the neutron energy spectrum and the neutron flux intensity will change during a long-term materials irradiation. The neutron dosimetry effort should have three primary goals: (1) dosimetry should be concentrated on the range of neutron energies of most importance for the radiation damage process; (2) the effective half-lives of the dosimeters should be less than the irradiation duration; and (3) appropriate corrections should be made for changes in the neutron spectrum and flux intensity during the irradiation.

Keywords:
dosimetry, neutron spectra, neutron flux, irradiation, neutron fluence, radiation effects

Paper ID: JTE10165J
DOI: 10.1520/JTE10165J
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