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Title: Prompt fission neutron spectra of actinides

Journal Article · · Nuclear Data Sheets
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  1. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
  2. China Nuclear Data Center, Beijing (China)
  3. European Commission, Geel (Belgium)
  4. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)
  5. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  6. CEA, DEN, DER, SPRC, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France)
  7. CEA, DAM, DIF, Arpajon (France)
  8. Kinki Univ., Osaka-fu (Japan)
  9. Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk (Russian Federation)
  10. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
  11. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Gatchina (Russian Federation)
  12. Argonne National Lab., Coronado, CA (United States)
  13. Univ. of Bucharest, Magurele (Romania)
  14. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)

Here, the energy spectrum of prompt neutron emitted in fission (PFNS) plays a very important role in nuclear science and technology. A Coordinated Research Project (CRP) "Evaluation of Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra of Actinides" was established by the IAEA Nuclear Data Section in 2009, with the major goal to produce new PFNS evaluations with uncertainties for actinide nuclei.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1239564
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1251047
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-26188; LLNL-JRNL-675518; PII: S0090375215000678
Journal Information:
Nuclear Data Sheets, Vol. 131, Issue C; ISSN 0090-3752
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 110 works
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