Proton and 3He induced nuclear reactions in uranium and neptunium targets. Production of neptunium and plutonium tracers with a low-energy cyclotron

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Aaltonen, J ^a   Karttunen, E ^a   Gromova, E ^b   Jakovlev, V ^b   Roschin, A ^b   Heselius, S J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemical separation; Excitation functions; Proton and 3He particle induced nuclear reactions; Radioisotopes of neptunium and plutonium; Thick target yields

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008038402     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1996.72.4.163     Document Type: Article

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