Measurement of the $^{240}$Pu(n,f) cross-section at the CERN n_TOF facility: first results from EAR-2
2015
The accurate knowledge of neutron cross-sections of a variety of plutonium isotopes and other minor
actinides, such as neptunium, americium and curium, is crucial for feasibility and performance studies of advanced
nuclear systems (Generation-IV reactors, Accelerator Driven Systems). In this context, the240Pu(n,f) cross-section
was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the CERN n-TOF facility at incident neutron energies ranging from
thermal to several MeV. The present measurement is the first to have been performed at n-TOF's newly commissioned
Experimental Area II (EAR-2), which is located at the end of an 18 m neutron beam-line and features a neutron fluence
that is 25-30 times higher with respect to the existing 185 m flight-path (EAR-1), as well as stronger suppression of
sample-induced backgrounds, due to the shorter times-of-flight involved. Preliminary results are presented. © 2015,
CERN. All rights reserved.
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