PT Journal
AU n_TOF Collaboration (Cano-Ott, Dea
   Domingo-Pardo, C
   Tain, JL
TI Neutron Capture Measuremetns on Minor Actinides at the n_TOF Facility at CERN: Past, Present and Future
SO Journal of the Korean Physical Society
JI J. Korean Phys. Soc.
PY 2011
BP 1809
EP 1812
VL 59
IS 2
DI 10.3938/jkps.59.1809
LA English
DE n_TOF; Total Absorption Calorimeter; TAC; Neutron capture; Cross section; Nuclear waste; Transmutation; Generation IV; Accelerator driven system; ADS; Nuclear reactor; Nuclear energy; Nuclear data; Barium fluoride; Actinides; Plutonium; Americium; Uranium
AB The successful development of advanced nuclear systems for sustainable energy production and nuclear waste management depends on high quality nuclear data libraries. Recent sensitivity studies and reports [1-3] have identified the need for substantially improving the accuracy of neutron cross-section data for minor actinides. The n_TOF collaboration has initiated an ambitious experimental program for the measurement of neutron capture cross sections of minor actinides. Two experimental setups have been constructed for this purpose: a Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) [4] for measuring neutron capture cross-sections of low-mass and/or radioactive samples and a set of two low neutron sensitivity C(6)D(6) detectors for the less radioactive materials.
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