PT Journal
AU Estienne, M
   Fallot, M
   Cormon, S
   Algora, A
   Bui, VM
   Cucoanes, A
   Elnimr, M
   Giot, L
   Jordan, D
   Martino, J
   Onillon, A
   Porta, A
   Pronost, G
   Remoto, A
   Tain, JL
   Yermia, F
   Zakari-Issoufou, AA
TI Contribution of Recently Measured Nuclear Data to Reactor Antineutrino Energy Spectra Predictions
SO Nuclear Data Sheets
JI Nucl. Data Sheets
PY 2014
BP 149
EP 152
VL 120
DI 10.1016/j.nds.2014.07.031
LA English
AB The aim of this work is to study the impact of the inclusion of the recently measured beta decay properties of the Tc-102,Tc-104,Tc-105,Tc-106,Tc-107, Mo-105, and Nb-101 nuclei in the calculation of the antineutrino (anti-nu) energy spectra arising after the fissions of the four main fissile isotopes U-235,U-238, and (PU)-P-239,241 in PWRs. These beta feeding probabilities, measured using the Total Absorption Technique (TAS) at the JYFL facility of Jyvaskyla, have been found to play a major role in the gamma component of the decay heat for Pu-239 in the 4-3000 s range. Following the fission product summation method, the calculation was performed using the MCNP Utility Reactor Evolution code (MURE) coupled to the experimental spectra built from beta decay properties of the fission products taken from evaluated databases. These latest TAS data are found to have a significant effect on the Pu isotope energy spectra and on the spectrum of U-238 showing the importance of their measurement for a better assessment of the reactor anti-nu energy spectrum, as well as importance for fundamental neutrino physics experiments and neutrino applied physics.
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