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[en] Fission chambers of parallel-plate type are provided to measure the central fission rates of 237Np, 238Pu, 239Pu, 242Pu, 241Am, 243Am, 244Cm and 235U in a series of the cores in fast critical assemblies FCA. The chamber consists of the body made of a thin stainless steel wall, the collector of a circular disk and the electrodeposited source with a platinum disk of 0.2 mm thick. The gas filled in the chamber is a mixture of 97% Ar and 3% N2 at 1 atmosphere pressure. The weights of deposit are adjusted from strength of α-specific activity for each nuclide. In the test using FCA, characteristics of low α pile-up are obtained for all chambers prepared. The determination of masses by α-assay, correction for fissile impurities and the sensitivity of chambers are examined for the individual chamber. It is shown from the experiment that the actinide fission rates can be measured within errors of +-2 -- +-5%. From this result, it concludes that the present chambers are effectively used for the experimental evaluation of nuclear cross sections for the actinide nuclides. (author)
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Oct 1981; 21 p
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, AMERICIUM ISOTOPES, COATINGS, CURIUM ISOTOPES, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, HEAVY NUCLEI, IONIZATION CHAMBERS, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES, NEUTRON DETECTORS, NUCLEAR REACTIONS, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIOISOTOPES, URANIUM ISOTOPES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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