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Steven C Dewey1, Kimberlee J Kearfott, Connor P Henley

  • 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA.

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A graded-absorber radiation shield (cave) was designed with low cost and flexibility to lower background for counting environmental and other samples containing small amounts of radioactivity.

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