%0 Journal Article
%T Reactor Decay Heat in Pu-239: Solving the gamma Discrepancy in the 4-3000-s Cooling Period
%A Algora, A. et al
%A Jordan, D.
%A Tain, J. L.
%A Rubio, B.
%A Agramunt, J.
%A Perez-Cerdan, A. B.
%A Molina, F.
%A Caballero, L.
%A Nacher, E.
%J Physical Review Letters
%D 2010
%V 105
%N 20
%I Amer Physical Soc
%@ 0031-9007
%G English
%F Algora_etal2010
%O ISI:000283927700004
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=328), last updated on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:50:17 +0000
%X The beta feeding probability of Tc-102,Tc- 104,Tc- 105,Tc- 106,Tc- 107, Mo-105, and Nb-101 nuclei, which are important contributors to the decay heat in nuclear reactors, has been measured using the total absorption technique. We have coupled for the first time a total absorption spectrometer to a Penning trap in order to obtain sources of very high isobaric purity. Our results solve a significant part of a long-standing discrepancy in the gamma component of the decay heat for Pu-239 in the 4-3000 s range.
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.202501
%U https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.202501
%P 202501-4pp