Measurement of the 241Am neutron capture cross section at the n-TOF facility at CERN

E. Mendoza, D. Cano-Ott, S. Altstadt, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, J. Balibrea, V. Bécares, M. Barbagallo, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, B. Berthier, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, V. Boccone, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, C. CarrapiçoF. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, M. Chin, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Durán, N. Dzysiuk, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Fernández-Ordóñez, A. Ferrari, K. Fraval, V. Furman, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, S. Ganesan, A. R. García, G. Giubrone, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, P. Gurusamy, T. Heftrich, S. Heinitz, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. Heyse, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, T. Katabuchi, V. Ketlerov, V. Khryachkov, P. Koehler, M. Kokkoris, J. Kroll, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, C. Langer, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L. S. Leong, J. Lerendegui-Marco, M. Licata, R. Losito, A. Manousos, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, W. Mondelaers, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A. J M A.J.M. Plompen, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego-Perez, M. S. Robles, F. Roman, C Rubbia, J. A. Ryan, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, R. Sarmento, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, PV Sedyshev, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, M. J. Vermeulen, R. Versaci, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Weiss, T. Wright, P. Ž Ugec

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Abstract

New neutron cross section measurements of minor actinides have been performed recently in order to reduce the uncertainties in the evaluated data, which is important for the design of advanced nuclear reactors and, in particular, for determining their performance in the transmutation of nuclear waste. We have measured the 241Am(n,γ) cross section at the n-TOF facility between 0.2 eV and 10 keV with a BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter, and the analysis of the measurement has been recently concluded. Our results are in reasonable agreement below 20 eV with the ones published by C. Lampoudis et al. in 2013, who reported a 22% larger capture cross section up to 110 eV compared to experimental and evaluated data published before. Our results also indicate that the 241Am(n,γ) cross section is underestimated in the present evaluated libraries between 20 eV and 2 keV by 25%, on average, and up to 35% for certain evaluations and energy ranges.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationND 2016: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology
PublisherEDP Sciences
Volume146
ISBN (Electronic)9782759890200
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Sept 2017
Event2016 International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, ND 2016 - Bruges, Belgium
Duration: 11 Sept 201616 Sept 2016

Conference

Conference2016 International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, ND 2016
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBruges
Period11/09/1616/09/16

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