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Title: Experimental and calculated radionuclide production by photonuclear reactions using Bremsstrahlung photons produced by 150 MeV electrons

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OSTI ID:68279
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  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

We have developed an experimental apparatus to study radionuclide production by photonuclear reactions. A nearly neutron-free bremsstrahlung beam was created by incident electron interactions with a tantalum radiator. We studied photonuclear reactions in different samples, including the elements Be, Na, Si, Cl, and Ge. Decay gamma rays from radionuclides having half lives > 2 min were analysed. Using the PICA code, we calculated the yield of radionuclides for silicon. We have observed and assigned a new gamma ray transition, of E({gamma}) = 1153 keV, to the decay of 6.6 min 29-Al.

OSTI ID:
68279
Report Number(s):
CONF-940507-Vol.1; TRN: 95:002915-0038
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on nuclear data for science and technology: nuclear data for the twenty-first century, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 9-13 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the international conference nuclear data for science and technology. Volume 1; Dickens, J.K. [ed.]; PB: 592 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English