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Activation

Author: Jean-Claude NIMAL

Publication date: October 10, 2002

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3. Radiation damage

Radiation damage to structural materials and biological tissues depends on the amount of energy deposited, and the nature and energy of the radiation.

3.1 Radiation-matter energy transfer

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3.1.1 Neutrons

For each neutron energy, the amount of energy transferred to the unit mass of matter is a function of the number of interactions of each type (elastic, inelastic, absorption). Calculation of the energy deposited involves three quantities:

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