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Refinements of Monte Carlo Calculations for BNCT at the Brookhaven Medical Reactor

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The Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (BMRR) and its epithermal neutron filter have been modeled in detail for the Monte-Carlo code MCNP1 as a part of the Stony Brook neutron capture therapy planning system (SBNCT-Plan).

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  1. J.F. Briemeister, ed,“MCNP 4 - Monte Carlo Neutron and Photon Transport Code System”, Version 4.2, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1991.

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Gajewski, J., Ramsay, E.B., Reinstein, L.E. (1993). Refinements of Monte Carlo Calculations for BNCT at the Brookhaven Medical Reactor. In: Soloway, A.H., Barth, R.F., Carpenter, D.E. (eds) Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2978-1_37

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