Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on May 25, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2007 126(1-4):1-2; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm139
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Progress in dosimetry of neutrons and light nuclei
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TENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEUTRON DOSIMETRY
The Tenth International Symposium on Neutron Dosimetry (NEUDOS 10) took place in Uppsala, Sweden, 12–16, June 2006. The conference had the theme Progress in dosimetry of neutrons and light nuclei, reflecting the widening of the scope of the conference to include not only neutron dosimetry, but also all hadronic particles. This is also a recognition of the fact that the dose due to neutrons is delivered not by the neutron itself, but via secondary particles created in neutron-induced nuclear reactions, i.e. protons, deuterons, alpha particles and various other ions released in tissue. Thereby, the dosimetry of neutrons has a large scientific overlap with dosimetry in proton and heavy ion therapy.
This series of conferences started in 1972 and a historical view of these symposia provides testimony of the development of the field. In the first
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