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Title: Measurement of the Average Multiplicity of Prompt-Fission Neutrons from 238U(n,f) and 235U(n,f) from 0.7 to 200 MeV

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1945095· OSTI ID:20722647
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  1. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, DIF/DPTA / Service de Physique Nucleaire, BP 12, 91680 Bruyeres-le-Chatel (France)
  2. Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, MS H855, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM 87545 (United States)

Prompt-fission-neutron multiplicities were measured at a 'white' neutron source for the fission of 238U and 235U up to 200 MeV. The data are of great importance in the connection of accelerator-coupled nuclear-reactor systems incinerating actinides, with uranium considered as a prototype actinide. We report that the fission induced by 200-MeV neutrons produces {approx_equal}10 more prompt neutrons than the fission induced by reactor neutrons.

OSTI ID:
20722647
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 769, Issue 1; Conference: International conference on nuclear data for science and technology, Santa Fe, NM (United States), 26 Sep - 1 Oct 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1945095; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English