Transmutation of 239Pu and other nuclides using spallation neutrons produced by relativistic protons reacting with massive U- and Pb-targets

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 90, Issue 37469, 2002, Pages 431-442

  Adam, J ^a,j   Balabekyan, A ^a   Bamblevski, V P ^a   Barabanov, M Y ^a   Bradnova, V ^a   Chaloun, P ^a   Hella, K M ^a,k   Kalinnikov, V G ^a   Krivopustov, M I ^a   Kulakov, B A ^a   Perelygin, V P ^a   Pronskikh, V S ^a,m   Solnyshkin, A A ^a   Sosnin, A N ^a   Stegailov, V I ^a   Tsoupko Sitnikov, V M ^a   Adloff, J C ^b   Debeauvais, M ^b   Brandt, R ^c   Langrock, E J ^c,l   Vater, P ^c   Wan, J S ^c,n   Westmeier, W ^c,o   Dwivedi, K K ^d   Guo, S L ^e   Li, Li ^e   Hashemi Nezhad, S R ^f   Kievets, M K ^g   Lomonosova, E M ^g   Zhuk, I V ^g   Modolo, G ^h   Odoj, R ^h   Zamani Valasiadou, M ⁱ   more..

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g JOINT INSTITUTE FOR POWER AND NUCLEAR RESEARCH SOSNY   (Belarus)

^h FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

ⁱ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^j NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^k HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^l Forschungsbüro Dr Langrock   (Germany)

^m ST PETERSBURG STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^o Dr Westmeier GmbH   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Long lived radioactive waste; Relativistic protons; Subcritical nuclear systems; Transmutation

Indexed keywords

IODINE 129; LANTHANUM; LEAD; NEPTUNIUM 237; PLUTONIUM 239; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RADIATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PROTON RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036427566     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2002.90.8_2002.431     Document Type: Article

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