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Title: Neutron cross section calculations for fission-product nuclei. [0. 001 to 20 MeV, Hauser-Feshbach theory]

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OSTI ID:5671599

To satisfy nuclear data requirements for fission-product nuclei, Hauser-Feshbach statistical calculations with preequilibrium corrections for neutron-induced reactions on isotopes of Se, Kr, Sr, Zr, Mo, Sn, Xe, and Ba between 0.001 and 20 MeV. Spherical neutron optical parameters were determined by simultaneous fits to resonance data and total cross sections. Isospin coefficients appearing in the optical potentials were determined through analysis of the behavior of s- and p-wave strengths as a function of mass for a given Z. Gamma-ray strength functions, determined through fits to stable-isotope capture data, were used in the calculation of capture cross sections and gamma-ray competition to particle emission. The resulting (n,..gamma..), (n,n'), (n,2n), and (n,3n) cross sections, the secondary neutron emission spectra, and angular distributions calculated for 19 fission products will be averaged to provide a resulting ENDF-type fission-product neutronics file. 11 references.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5671599
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-79-3332; CONF-791223-1; TRN: 80-002858
Resource Relation:
Conference: NEANDC specialist meeting on neutron cross sections of fission product nuclei, Bologna, Italy, 12 Dec 1979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English