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Title: Fission product yield measurements using monoenergetic photon beams

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

High-accuracy fission product yield (FPY) data are needed to advance theoretical descriptions of the nuclear fission process, to improve the predictive power of phenomenological models, and for applications in nuclear energy, nuclear forensics, and homeland security. This paper reports the most complete data for measurements of product yields from photon-induced fission of 235U, 238U, and 239Pu. Here, the measurements are performed using a monoenergetic photon beam of Eγ = 13 MeV. More than 40 isotopes produced in fission were uniquely identified and their yield values were computed.

Research Organization:
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003887; FG02-97ER41033; NA0002793; AC52-07NA27334; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1635755
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1546487; OSTI ID: 1633521; OSTI ID: 1635756; OSTI ID: 2318519
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-808480; PRVCAN; TRN: US2201594
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 100, Issue 1; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 9 works
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