Neutron measurements for advanced nuclear systems: The n_TOF project at CERN
2011
A few years ago, the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF was built at CERN to address some of the urgent
needs of high-accuracy nuclear data for Accelerator Driven Systems and other advanced nuclear energy
systems, as well as for nuclear astrophysics and fundamental nuclear physics. Thanks to the characteristics
of the neutron beam, and to state-of-the-art detection and acquisition systems, high quality neutron
cross-section data have been obtained for a variety of isotopes, many of which radioactive. Following an
important upgrade of the spallation target and of the experimental area, a new measurement campaign
has started last year. After a brief review of the most important results obtained so far at n_TOF, the new
features of the facility are presented, together with the first results on the commissioning of the neutron
beam. The plans for future measurements, in particular related to nuclear technology are finally
discussed.
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