Production of 234,235Np and 236Pu in bombardment of 236U with protons in the energy range from 17 to 40 MeV

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 377-380

  Aaltonen, J ^a   Gromova, E A ^b   Helariutta, K ^a   Jakovlev, V A ^b   Trzaska, W H ^c   Huikari, J ^c   Kolhinen, V S ^c   Rinta Antila, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

234,235Np and 236Pu; 236U target; Excitation function; Proton induced nuclear reaction; Thick target yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544445273     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2005.93.7.377     Document Type: Article

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