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[en] The Lohengrin mass spectrometer is one of the 40 instruments built around the reactor of the Institute Laue-Langevin (France) which delivers a very intense thermal neutron flux. Usually, Lohengrin was combined with a high-resolution ionization chamber in order to obtain good nuclear charge discrimination within a mass line, yielding an accurate isotopic yield determination. Unfortunately, this experimental procedure can only be applied for fission products with a nuclear charge less than about 42, i.e. in the light fission fragment region. Since 2008, a large collaboration has started with the aim of studying various fission aspects, mainly in the heavy fragment region. For that, a new experimental setup which allows isotopic identification by γ-ray spectrometry has been developed and validated. This technique was applied on the "2"3"9Pu(n_t_h,f) reaction where about 65 fission product yields were measured with an uncertainty that has been reduced on average by a factor of 2 compared with what was that previously available in nuclear data libraries. The same γ-ray spectrometric technique is currently being applied to the study of the "2"3"3U(n_t_h,f) reaction. Our aim is to deduce charge and mass distributions of the fission products and to complete the experimental data that exist mainly for light fission fragments. The measurement of 41 mass yields from the "2"4"1Am(2n_t_h,f) reaction has been also performed. In addition to these activities on fission yield measurements, various new nanosecond isomers were discovered. Their presence can be revealed from a strong deformed ionic charge distribution compared to a 'normal' Gaussian shape. Finally, a new neutron long-counter detector designed to have a detection efficiency independent of the detected neutron energy has been built. Combining this neutron device with a Germanium detector and a beta-ray detector array allowed us to measure the beta-delayed neutron emission probability Pn of some important fission products for reactor applications. (authors)
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Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2014.08.088; 13 refs.; Country of input: France
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Nuclear Data Sheets; ISSN 0090-3752;
; v. 119; p. 320-323

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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, AMERICIUM ISOTOPES, BARYONS, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, FERMIONS, HADRONS, HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, HEAVY NUCLEI, ISOTOPES, MATERIALS, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, NEUTRONS, NUCLEI, NUCLEONS, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIATION FLUX, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOISOTOPES, SPECTROMETERS, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES, URANIUM ISOTOPES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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