Advanced foil activation techniques for the measurement of within-pin distributions of the 63Cu(n,γ)64Cu reaction rate in nuclear fuel

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 393-400

  Macku, K ^a,b   Jatuff, F ^a   Murphy, M F ^a   Joneja, O P ^a,b   Bischofberger, R ^c   Chawla, R ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Applied MicroSWISS GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activation foils; BWR fuel; Fission in 235U; LIGA; Within pin reaction rate distributions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; METAL FOIL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

ACTIVATION FOILS; BWR FUEL; FISSION IN 235U; LIGA; WITHIN-PIN REACTION RATE DISTRIBUTIONS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646821360     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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