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Title: Investigations of neutron characteristics for salt blanket models; integral fission cross section measurements of neptunium, plutonium, americium and curium isotopes

Conference ·
OSTI ID:975763

Neutron characteristics of salt blanket micromodels containing eutectic mixtures of sodium, zirconium and uranium sulphides were measured on FKBN-2M, BIGR and MAKET installations. The effective fission cross sections of neptunium, plutonium, americium and curium isotopes were measured on the neutron spectra formed by micromodels. KEYWORDS: transmutation, minor actinides, fluoride salts, micromodel, critical assembly, neutron spectrum, multiplication coefficient, fission, effective cross section, nuclear track detector, nuclear data library

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
975763
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-01-5345; TRN: US1006777
Resource Relation:
Conference: "Submitted to: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Tech. Embracing the Future..., Oct. 7-12, 2001, Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan"
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English