Applied radiation and isotopes.
2014 ;
93 (-) :
52-6.
Gamma- and neutron doses in an experimental reactor were measured using alanine/electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometry. The absorbed dose in alanine was decomposed into contributions caused by gamma and neutron radiation using neutron kerma factors. To overcome a low sensitivity of the alanine/ESR response to thermal neutrons, a novel method has been proposed for the assessment of a thermal neutron flux using the (14)N(n,p) (14)C reaction on nitrogen present in alanine and subsequent measurement of (14)C by liquid scintillation counting (LSC).
- MeSH
- Alanine chemistry radiation effects MeSH
- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy methods statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Nuclear Power Plants standards MeSH
- Neutrons * MeSH
- Carbon Radioisotopes analysis MeSH
- Radiometry methods statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Scintillation Counting methods statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation MeSH
- Gamma Rays * MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
