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A facility designed to produce the beam of epithermal neutrons for neutron capture therapy was realized on the LVR-15 reactor1 in NRI Rez. The first biological and chemical preclinical research activities were started.
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Burian, J., Marek, M., Rataj, J., Mares, V., Stopka, P., Strouf, O. (1993). Preclinical Tests for Neutron Capture Therapy on the Lvr-15 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_5
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