Neutron Induced Fission Studies at NCSR "Demokritos" by the NTUA

Fission is one of the most challenging and not well-known phenomena in nuclear physics and, at present, an ab initio theory able to predict fission cross sections as well as the characteristics of the fission process does not exist. The theoretical investigation of the cross section for the fission channel is mainly based on phenomenological analyses with parameters that need to be tuned in order to reproduce the experimental data. Thus, highly accurate data are needed for the testing of the existing nuclear models and consequently for the improvement of their predictive power. Furthermore, the development of the new generation of nuclear reactor technology, which aims at safer and cleaner energy production, requires highly accurate cross-sectional data of all the neutron-induced reactions mainly on minor actinides.