Production of 235Np, 236Pu and 237Pu via nuclear reactions on 235,236,238U and 237Np targets

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 557-565

  Aaltonen, J ^a   Dendooven, P ^b,e   Gromova, E A ^c   Heselius, S J ^d   Jakovlev, V A ^c   Trzaska, W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

NEPTUNIUM; NEPTUNIUM 235; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 236; PLUTONIUM 237; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 236; URANIUM 238;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLOTRON; ENERGY; PURIFICATION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141928824     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.91.10.557.22475     Document Type: Article

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