BARC/PUB/2015/0921

 
 

Determination of 238Pu(n, f) and 236Np (n, f) cross sections using surrogate reactions

 
     
 
Author(s)

Pal, A.; Santra, S.; Nayak, B. K.; Mahata, K.; Desai, V. V.; Chattopadhyay, D.; Tripathi, R.
(NPD;RCD)

Source

Physical Review-C, 2015. Vol. 91 (5): pp. 054618.1-054618.8

ABSTRACT

The cross sections for 238Pu(n,f) reaction for equivalent neutron energy of 13.0–22.0 MeV have been determined by the “surrogate ratio” method by measuring 235U(6Li,df) and 232Th(6Li,df) transfer induced fission reactions proceeding through the excited fissioning nuclei 239Pu and 236U, respectively, and using 235U(n,f) cross-section data as the reference. Similarly, the cross sections for the 236Np(n,f) reaction in the equivalent neutron energy range 9.9–22.0 MeV have been determined by the “hybrid surrogate ratio” method via the measurements of 235U(6Li,αf) and 235U(6Li,df) transfer induced fission reactions, using 238Pu(n,f) cross-section data as the reference. The EMPIRE-3.1 calculations for 238Pu(n,f) and 236Np(n,f) cross sections agree well with the present data, however, they are slightly underestimated by the ENDF/B-VII.1 evaluations.

 
 
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