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A scintillation detector is used to investigate the leakage spectrum of internal conversion electrons produced from gadolinium by the capture of thermal neutrons in a thin layer of gadolinium. Thermoluminescence dosimeters are used to measure the dose of prompt γ-rays from gadolinium. The measurements are performed in the thermal column of a BFS-2 critical assembly and in a thermal-neutron beam extracted from a BR-10 reactor.
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Klykov, S.A., Ul'yanenko, S.E., Matusevich, E.S. et al. Tissue Absorbed Dose from a Gadolinium Layer Irradiated with Neutrons. Atomic Energy 96, 430–433 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ATEN.0000041212.07457.c0
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