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Formation of the Neutron Energy Spectrum Near the Target of a Portable NG-24M Neutron Generator

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The spectrum of neutrons near the target of a portable NG-24M neutron generator is measured by the neutron activation method. The recovered neutron spectrum is represented analytically as a superposition of known physically substantiated spectra.

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  1. All-Russia Research Institute of Physicotechnical and Radio Measurements (VNIIFTRI), Mendeleevo, Moscow Region, Russia

    V. D. Sevast’yanov, O. I. Kovalenko, A. V. Orlov & R. M. Shibaev

  2. ITER Project Center, Moscow, Russia

    S. Yu. Obudovskii, D. B. Portnov, A. V. Batyunin & Yu. A. Kashchuk

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 9, pp. 59–64, September, 2016.

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Sevast’yanov, V.D., Kovalenko, O.I., Orlov, A.V. et al. Formation of the Neutron Energy Spectrum Near the Target of a Portable NG-24M Neutron Generator. Meas Tech 59, 994–1001 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-016-1082-2

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