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The absorption and photoluminescence of LiF crystals, irradiated by γ radiation from a stopped reactor and a wet repository, are studied and compared with the corresponding spectra obtained by irradiation with 60Co γ rays with known power. The contribution of neutron and γ radiation of the reactor to the formation of point and complex radiation defects is determined. The dose dependences of the optical bands are used to determine the intensity of the γ radiation from the reactor and the repository.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 100, No. 5, pp. 388–393, May, 2006.
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Mussaeva, M.A., Ibragimova, É.M. & Muminov, M.I. Determination of γ-ray flux in a stopped VVR-SM reactor from the color-center formation in LiF. At Energy 100, 365–369 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-006-0095-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-006-0095-3