Exploratory study of fission product yields of neutron-induced fission of U235,&nbsp;U238, and Pu239 at 8.9 MeV

Bhatia, C.; Fallin, B. F.; Gooden, M. E.; Howell, C. R.; Kelley, J. H.; Tornow, W.; Arnold, C. W.; Bond, E.; Bredeweg, T. A.; Fowler, M. M.; Moody, W.; Rundberg, R. S.; Rusev, G. Y.; Vieira, D. J.; Wilhelmy, J. B.; Becker, J. A.; Macri, R.; Ryan, C.; Sheets, S. A.; Stoyer, M. A.; Tonchev, A. P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.91.064604

Exploratory study of fission product yields of neutron-induced fission of ${}^{235}U, {}^{238}U$ , and ${}^{239}{Pu}$ at 8.9 MeV

Journal Article · Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.91.064604· OSTI ID:1339643

Bhatia, C. ^[1]; Fallin, B. F. ^[2]; Gooden, M. E. ^[3]; Howell, C. R. ^[2]; Kelley, J. H. ^[4]; Tornow, W. ^[2]; Arnold, C. W. ^[5]; Bond, E. ^[5]; Bredeweg, T. A. ^[5]; Fowler, M. M. ^[5]; Moody, W. ^[5]; Rundberg, R. S. ^[5]; Rusev, G. Y. ^[5]; Vieira, D. J. ^[5]; Wilhelmy, J. B. ^[5]; Becker, J. A. ^[6]; Macri, R. ^[6]; Ryan, C. ^[6]; Sheets, S. A. ^[6]; Stoyer, M. A. ^[6] more »

Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada); Duke University
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Using dual-fission chambers each loaded with a thick (200–400–mg/cm²) actinide target of ^235,238U or ²³⁹Pu and two thin (~10–100–μg/cm²) reference foils of the same actinide, the cumulative yields of fission products ranging from ⁹²Sr to ¹⁴⁷Nd have been measured at E_n = 8.9MeV. The ²H(d,n) ³He reaction provided the quasimonoenergetic neutron beam. Here, the experimental setup and methods used to determine the fission product yield (FPY) are described, and results for typically eight high-yield fission products are presented.

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Research Organization:: Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001839

OSTI ID:: 1339643

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1183792
OSTI ID: 1378548

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 91; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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