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Radiation Induced Heat Generation

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Engineering Compendium on Radiation Shielding

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The survey of methods for calculating gammaradiation induced heat generation given in this Chapter includes heating by primary and secondary gamma rays. It has a practical orientation to the engineering design of nuclear reactors.

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  1. Institut für Klinische Strahlenkunde, Universität Mainz, 65 Mainz, Germany

    R. G. Jaeger

  2. Formerly Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37 830, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

    E. P. Blizard

  3. 207 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, University of Illinois, 61 801, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    A. B. Chilton

  4. Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, 60439, Argonne, Illinois, USA

    M. Grotenhuis

  5. Brno Technical University, Hlinky 48, Brno, CSSR

    A. Hönig

  6. Abteilung Bauwesen, Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung, 1 Berlin 45, Germany

    Th. A. Jaeger

  7. International Atomic Energy Agency, Kärntnerring, Vienna, Austria

    H. H. Eisenlohr

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Claiborne, H.C., Foderaro, A., Hoover, L.J., Marable, J.H., Sonnemann, G. (1968). Radiation Induced Heat Generation. In: Jaeger, R.G., et al. Engineering Compendium on Radiation Shielding. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25858-3_7

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