PT Journal
AU Algora, Aea
   Jordan, D
   Tain, JL
   Rubio, B
   Agramunt, J
   Perez-Cerdan, AB
   Molina, F
   Caballero, L
   Nacher, E
TI Reactor Decay Heat in Pu-239: Solving the gamma Discrepancy in the 4-3000-s Cooling Period
SO Physical Review Letters
JI Phys. Rev. Lett.
PY 2010
BP 202501
EP 4pp
VL 105
IS 20
DI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.202501
LA English
AB 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.
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