Radiation safety at the University of Rochester's Laser Fusion Research Facility.
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The fusion research conducted at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics requires large amounts of tritium and generates brief but very high, neutron fluxes. This raises a number of radiological concerns that have been satisfactorily addressed via a combination of engineering controls, training, and administrative controls. These problems encountered and our solutions to them are described in this paper.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Health physics
دوره 81 5 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001