Shielding experiments of concrete and iron for the 244 MeV and 387 MeV quasi-mono energetic neutrons using a Bonner sphere spectrometer (at RCNP, Osaka Univ.) | Actes de conférences CEA / Proceedings from CEA conferences

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 153, 2017 ICRS-13 & RPSD-2016, 13^th International Conference on Radiation Shielding & 19^th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division of the American Nuclear Society - 2016


Article Number		08016
Number of page(s)		3
Section		8. Special Sessions
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715308016
Published online		25 September 2017

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