Published 1990 | Version v1
Report

Neutron activation cross-sections of 58Ni and 60Ni for 8 - 12 MeV neutrons

  • 1. Vienna Univ. (Austria). Inst. fuer Radiumforschung und Kernphysik
  • 2. Los Alamos National Lab. NM (USA)

Description

The cross-sections of the reactions 58Ni(n,p) 58Co, and 60Ni(n,p) 60Co were measured for En = 8 - 12 MeV using the H(t,n) 3He reaction for neutron production. It is shown that the H(t,n) reaction is very well suited for cross-section measurements in the difficult neutron energy region. 8 - 12 MeV, where most other source reactions are no longer truly monoenergetic. In these first preliminary measurements the uncertainties still amount to 3 - 7%, however from the experience gained in this experiment it can be concluded that an accuracy of 2-3% can be obtained in future experiments. The results for 60Ni(n,p) 60Co deviate considerably from previous measurements and suggest that the nuclear data libraries for this reaction should be revised considerably

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Proceedings of a specialists' meeting on neutron activation cross sections for fission and fusion energy applications

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of a specialists' meeting on neutron activation cross sections for fission and fusion energy applications
Imprint Pagination
351 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 165-176.
Report number
NEANDC--259-U

Conference

Title
Specialists' meeting on neutron activation cross sections for fission and fusion energy applications.
Dates
13-15 Sep 1989.
Place
Argonne, IL (USA).

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