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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 9, 090202(2024)

Design optimization and influencing factor analysis of performance testing platform for thermal neutron shielding

Yuqing WANG¹, Duohong LI^1、*, Ronghua ZHANG², Wenbao JIA², Dong ZHAO², Xizao TAN¹, Qiuping ZHU¹, Zhibo ZHOU¹, and Chun LI¹

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¹State Nuclear Security Technology Center, Beijing 102401, China

²Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China

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Yuqing WANG, Duohong LI, Ronghua ZHANG, Wenbao JIA, Dong ZHAO, Xizao TAN, Qiuping ZHU, Zhibo ZHOU, Chun LI. Design optimization and influencing factor analysis of performance testing platform for thermal neutron shielding[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(9): 090202

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Category: ACCELERATOR, RAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

Received: Oct. 30, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Nov. 13, 2024

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DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.090202

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