Measurement of fission neutron spectrum averaged cross sections of some threshold reactions on zirconium: Production possibility of no-carrier-added 90Y in a nuclear reactor

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 381-384

  Abbasi, I A ^a   Zaidi, J H ^b   Arif, M ^b   Waheed, S ^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; No carrier added production of 90Y; Radiochemical separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748423079     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2006.94.8.381     Document Type: Article

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