Published August 4, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of Neutron-Induced Fission Cross Sections of U, Am, and Cm at nTOF

Description

Neutron induced fission cross sections of several isotopes have been measured at the CERN nTOF spallation neutron facility. Between them some measurements involve isotopes (233U, 241Am, 243Am, 245Cm) relevant for applications to nuclear technologies. The nTOF facility delivers neutrons with high instantaneous flux and in a wide energy range, from thermal up to 250 MeV. The experimental apparatus consists of an ionization chamber that discriminates fission fragments and α particles coming from natural radioactivity of the samples. All the measurements were performed referring to the standard cross section of 235U.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1265
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 477-482
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
8. Latin American symposium on nuclear physics and applications
Dates
15-19 Dec 2009
Place
Santiago (Chile)

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Notes
(c) 2010 American Institute of Physics
Collaborations
n_TOF Collaboration