Energy dependence of plutonium fission-product yields

Nuclear Data Sheets

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3120-3134

  Lestone, J P ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; FISSION REACTIONS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PLUTONIUM; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ASYMMETRIC FISSION; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FISSION PRODUCT YIELDS; INCIDENT NEUTRON ENERGY; NEUTRON-INDUCED FISSION; PROMPT NEUTRONS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION NEUTRON; SYMMETRICS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; YIELD CURVE;

EXTRAPOLATION;

EID: 84855932779     PISSN: 00903752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nds.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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