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Title: Improved activation cross sections for vanadium and titanium

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Vanadium alloys such as V-20Ti and V-Cr-Ti are attractive candidates for use as structural materials in fusion-reactor blankets. The virtual absence of long-lived activation products in these alloys suggest the possibility of reprocessing on an intermediate time scale. We have employed the modern Hauser-Feshbach nuclear-model code GNASH to calculate cross sections for neutron-activation reactions in /sup 50/V and /sup 51/V, to allow a more accurate assessment of induced radioactivity in vanadium alloys. In addition, cross sections are calculated for the reactions /sup 46/Ti(n,2n) and /sup 45/Ti(n,2n) in order to estimate the production of /sup 44/Ti, a 1.2-MeV gamma-ray source with a half-life of 47 years.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5761026
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-83-2567; CONF-830942-36; ON: DE84001400
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 1-3; Conference: 3. topical meeting on fusion reactor materials, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 19 Sep 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English