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MEASUREMENT OF PROMPT NEUTRON SPECTRA OF 238U FISSION INDUCED BY 10.17 AND 12.12 MeV NEUTRONS

MEASUREMENT OF PROMPT NEUTRON SPECTRA OF 238U FISSION INDUCED BY 10.17 AND 12.12 MeV NEUTRONS

Li Anli
Bai Xixiang
Wang Xiaozhong
Meng Jiangchen
Wang Yufeng
Liu Weiping
Yuan Yuan
Qi Dahai
Huang Shengnian
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.5, No.2pp.71-78Published in print 01 May 1994
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Experimental method to measure the prompt neutron spectra of 238U fission induced by fast neutrons has been developed at HI-13 Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator Laboratory of CIAE. These techniques employ a multi-segment fission chamber and two liquid scintillator neutron detectors. TOF (time of flight) techniques are used for primary neutrons to select the fission events induced by monoenergetic neutron from 2H(d, n) reactions instead of breakup neutrons from 2H(d, np) reactions. The fission neutron TOF spectra are measured in coincidence with the fission fragments to distinguish fission neutrons from other secondary neutrons. The method permits measurements to a fairly good accuracy under large neutron and gamma ray background. The techniques are described and experimental spectra are presented.

Fission neutron spectrumTOF techniqueFission induced by fast neutronUranium 238
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1 Bertin André, Bios Robert, Frehaut Joël. Mesure du spectre en energie des neutrons de fission pour la fission de 235U et de 238U induite par des neutrons rapides, Rapport CEA-R-4913, Centre d'Etudes de Bruyères-le-Châtel, June 1978
2 Li Anli et al. to be published in China J Nucl Phys