Determination of thePa233(n,f)reaction cross section fr

Determination ofPu238(n,f)andNp236(n,Pal1, Santra2, Nayak3 et al. 2015Phys. Rev. CSelf Cite12060View full textAdd to dashboardCite

“…One of the important applications of neutron induced cross sections is its use in nuclear waste management programs. Fast neutron reactions have been proposed for the incineration of actinide materials, notably minor actinide isotopes which are produced in Th-U or U-Pu fuel cycles [2,3,[6][7][8]. The spent fuel produced in the above cycles will be burned in a dedicated reactor, where neutron reactions such as (n,f ) or (n,2n) can be used to reduce the content of radio-toxic isotopes.…”

“…Later on, the "surrogate ratio (SR)" method was proposed by Plettner et al [11] for the same purpose. Recently, the SR method was benchmarked and applied to determine several neutron induced fission cross sections [6,7,[12][13][14][15][16][17]. Another method named "hybrid surrogate ratio (HSR)" method is also being used to determine the (n,f ) cross sections as done in Ref.…”

“…The study of neutron induced reactions on various targets not only provides a thorough understanding of the reaction mechanism of the formation and decay of compound nuclei but also has a tremendous potential in the applications in many areas of nuclear physics [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. One of the important applications of neutron induced cross sections is its use in nuclear waste management programs.…”

Measurement of theAm240(n,f) cross section using the surrogate-ratio method

“…Originally used by [1,2], it has found recent use in the determination of several neutron-induced fission cross sections over the past decade [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. The method builds on the assumption that the decay of the compound nucleus is independent of its formation.…”

Relative U235(n,γ) and (Allmond1, Bernstein2, Beausang3 et al. 2009Phys. Rev. C370200View full textAdd to dashboardCite

“…The surrogate reaction technique, first applied in 1970 [1], has recently been the subject of intensive investigation [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] in order to establish its use and accuracy. The surrogate method (absolute [1] and ratio [4]) has been employed to circumvent technical challenges presented by the fabrication of unstable radioactive targets and the production of high-flux neutron beams.…”