journal article·2025-06

Development of boron-based thermal neutron absorbers for short-pulsed MW-class neutron sources – how can the pre-decoupling function be enhanced?

Toshifumi Okutomi, Makoto Teshigawara, Sota Sato, Stephen Gallimore, Robert Bewley, Motoki Ooi, Masahide Harada, Shigeru Kuramoto

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