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- Hambsch, F. -J, et al.
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Investigation of the Fission Process at IRMM
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Ingår i: Journal of the Korean Physical Society. - : Korean Physical Society. - 0374-4884 .- 1976-8524. ; 59:2, s. 1654-1659
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The investigation of the fission process is and has been a major undertaking at IRMM. The most recent investigations concerned the reaction (234)U(n,f) and (238)U(n,f) around vibrational resonances at the barrier of the fission cross-section. Furthermore prompt neutron emission of (252)Cf(SF) has been investigated understanding for the first time the prompt neutron multiplicity as a function of total kinetic energy (TKE). Theoretical modelling of reaction cross sections as well as prompt neutron multiplicity and spectra has been performed using the experimental data as input parameters. Also instrument developments for correlation measurements of fission fragment properties has been pursued in recent years with the time-of-flight spectrometer VERDI and detectors for prompt fission gamma-ray.
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- Hambsch, F. -J, et al.
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Fission Fragment Yield, Cross Section and Prompt Neutron and Gamma Emission Data from Actinide Isotopes
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Ingår i: Nuclear Data Sheets. - : Elsevier BV. - 0090-3752 .- 1095-9904. ; 119, s. E38-E41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent experimental investigations on major and minor actinides at the JRC-IRMM are presented. Fission-fragment distributions of isotopes with vibrational resonances in the sub-threshold fission cross section, i. e. U-234,U-238, have been measured. For U-234, the impact of an increased neutron multiplicity for the heavy fragments with higher incident neutron energies has been studied as observed in experiment and also recently theoretically predicted. The impact is found to be noticeable on post-neutron mass yields, which are the relevant quantities for a-priori waste assessments. The fission cross sections for Pu-240,Pu-242 at threshold and in the plateau region are being investigated within the ANDES project. The results show some discrepancies to the ENDF/B-VII. 1 evaluation mainly for Pu-242 around 1 MeV, where the evaluation exhibits a resonance-like structure not observed so clearly in the present work. The requested target accuracy in design studies of innovative reactor concepts like Gen-IV is in the range of a few percent. In order to be able to respond to requests for measurements of prompt neutron and gamma-ray emission in fission JRC-IRMM has also invested in setting up a neutron and gamma-ray detector array. The neutron array is called SCINTIA and has so far been tested with Cf-252(SF). For gamma-ray multiplicity and spectrum measurements of Cf-252(SF) and U-235(n(th), f) lanthanum- and cerium-halide detectors were successfully used.
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- Oberstedt, S., et al.
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First results on the neutron-induced fission cross-section of Pa-231 for incident neutron energies E-n > 17 MeV
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Ingår i: Annals of Nuclear Energy. - : Elsevier. - 0306-4549 .- 1873-2100. ; 43, s. 26-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- First results on the neutron-induced fission cross-section of Pa-231 for incident neutron energies E-n > 17 MeV are presented. The experiments were carried out with quasi mono-energetic neutrons produced in the reaction T(d, n)He-4. Corrections for low-energy neutron background produced in this reaction at incident deuteron energies E-d > 2 MeV are taken into account and based on experimental data obtained by two different techniques. Despite the relatively large error bars at the higher neutron energies, the new cross-section values meet the accuracy requirements set by the IAEA and will allow to remove the hitherto existing large spread between different previously published data. Recent cross-section calculations describe well the new experimental results, which are in consistency with cross-section values obtained in a particle-transfer reaction at excitation energies corresponding to neutron energies E-n < 10 MeV.
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- Tovesson, Fredrik, et al.
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233Pa(n, f) cross section up to En=8.5 MeV
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Ingår i: Nuclear Physics A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0375-9474 .- 1873-1554. ; 733:1-2, s. 3-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The energy dependence of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 233Pa has been measured directly for the first time from the fission threshold up to En=8.5 MeV. This reaction plays an important role in the thorium-uranium fuel cycle, and is thus of interest for the design and modeling of advanced reactor and transmutation facilities. The existing information in the ENDF/B-VI and JENDL-3.3 evaluated nuclear data files differ by a factor of two for the 233Pa(n, f) cross section values and show different fission threshold energies. Our new experimental data give lower cross section values than both evaluations and resolves the question about the threshold energy. In addition to the experimental investigation, also a new theoretical calculation of the reaction cross section has been performed with the statistical model code STATIS, showing a good agreement with the experimental data.
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- Vladuca, G., et al.
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Calculation of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 233Pa
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Ingår i: Physical Review C. Nuclear Physics. - 0556-2813 .- 1089-490X. ; 69:2, s. 021604-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since very recently, experimental data for the energy dependence of the 233Pa(n,f) cross section are finally available. This has stimulated a new, self-consistent cross section evaluation for the system n+233Pa in the incident neutron energy range 0.01–6 MeV. The results are quite different compared to earlier evaluation attempts. Since 233Pa is an important intermediary in the thorium based fuel cycle, its neutron reaction cross sections are key parameters in the modeling of future advanced reactor concepts.
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- Vladuca, G., et al.
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Calculation of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 233Pa up to 20 MeV
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Ingår i: Nuclear Physics A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0375-9474 .- 1873-1554. ; 740:1-2, s. 3-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since very recently, direct measurements of the 233Pa(n,f) cross-section are available in the energy range from 1.0 to 8.5 MeV. This has stimulated a new, self-consistent, neutroncross-section evaluation for the n+233Pa system, in the incident neutron energy range 0.01–20MeV. Since higher fission chances are involved also the lighter Pa-isotopes had to be re-evaluated in a consistent manner. The results are quite different compared to earlier evaluation attempts. Since 233Pa is a key isotope in the thorium based fuel cycle the quality of its reaction cross-sections is important for the modeling of future advanced fuel and reactor concepts. The present status of the evaluated libraries is that they differ by a factor of two in the absolute fissioncross-section and also in the threshold energy value.
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