Measurement of fission neutron spectrum averaged cross sections of some threshold reactions on zinc: Small-scale production of no-carrier-added 64Cu in a nuclear reactor

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 63-67

  Abbasi, I A ^a   Zaidi, J H ^b   Arif, M ^b   Subhani, M S ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Activation technique; Cross section; Fission neutron spectrum; Neutron threshold reaction; Production of 64Cu; Radiochemical separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644538968     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2006.94.2.63     Document Type: Article

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