Neutron spectra and dosimetric assessment around a neutron Howitzer container
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Sílvia Barros, Eduardo Gallego, Alfredo Lorente, Isabel F. Gonçalves, Pedro Vaz, Héctor René Vega-Carrillo and Maria Zankl IST/CTN, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, ao km 139,7 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal; Departamento de Ingeniería Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E-28006, Madrid, España; Unidad Académica de Estudios Nucleares de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, 98060, Zacatecas, México; Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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