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Development of the fast neutron standard using a Be({alpha},n) reaction at the National Metrology Institute of Japan

T Shimoyama1, H Harano, T Matsumoto

  • 1National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan. tetu-shimoyama@aist.go.jp

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