Exploratory study of fission product yields of neutron-induced fission of U235, 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

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

Abstract

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.

Authors:

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 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)

Publication Date:: Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1378548

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1183792; OSTI ID: 1339643

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-702067
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813; PRVCAN

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; FG52-09NA29465; FG52-09NA29448; AC52-06NA25396; NA0001839

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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                    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., and Tonchev, A. P. Exploratory study of fission product yields of neutron-induced fission of U235, U238, and Pu239 at 8.9 MeV.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    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. Exploratory study of fission product yields of neutron-induced fission of U235, U238, and Pu239 at 8.9 MeV.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.91.064604

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                    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., and Tonchev, A. P. Fri .  
"Exploratory study of fission product yields of neutron-induced fission of U235, U238, and Pu239 at 8.9 MeV".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.91.064604.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1378548.

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@article{osti_1378548,

  title        = {Exploratory study of fission product yields of neutron-induced fission of U235, U238, and Pu239 at 8.9 MeV},

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

  abstractNote = {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 En = 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.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevC.91.064604},

  journal      = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},

  number       = 6,

  volume       = 91,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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