EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES OF SPALLATION NEUTRONS GENERATED BY 100 MEV PROTONS AT THE KYOTO UNIVERSITY CRITICAL ASSEMBLY |
Pyeon, Cheol Ho
(Nuclear Engineering Science Division, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University)
Azuma, Tetsushi (Department of Fundamental Energy Science, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University) Takemoto, Yuki (Department of Fundamental Energy Science, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University) Yagi, Takahiro (Nuclear Engineering Science Division, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University) Misawa, Tsuyoshi (Nuclear Engineering Science Division, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University) |
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