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
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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