Accumulation of254gEs in the neutron irradiation of californium

Autor: A. V. Klinov, V. A. Adaev, A. V. Mamelin, Yu. G. Toporov
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Soviet Atomic Energy. 61:1046-1049
ISSN: 1573-8205
0038-531X
DOI: 10.1007/bf01127273
Popis: Preliminary calculations have shown that the ratio of the rates of formation and burnup of /sup 254g/Es can be shifted toward the rate of formation, provided that the californium-containing targets are irradiated with neutrons having a very hard spectrum, (the hardness of the neutron spectrum is defined as the ratio of the flux density of ipithermal neutrons per unit mean logarithmic energy decrement to the flux density of the thermal neutrons). For the purpose of experimentally verifying this conclusion, we irradiated two test samples provided with metal cadmium shields and containing a mixture of californium isotopes as the initial material (approx. 70% of the total was /sup 252/Cf nuclei). After target irradiation, the targets were subjected to a radiochemical treatment and the concentration of the products accumulated was analyzed. It follows from a comparison of experimental and calculated data that the published data on the neutron cross section of the einsteinium isotopes render excessive /sup 254g/Es yields and too small /sup 253/Es yields. Therefore a series of calculations was made for the various values of the resonance integral of the /sup 253/Es absorption and of the partial resonances of the radiative capture integrals of /sup 253/Es in the reaction leadingmore » to the formation of /sup 254g/Es and /sup 254m/Es. The calculations have shown that the /sup 253/Es yield in the targets can be satisfactorily predicted with a resonance integral I/sub a/ = 3500 b of absorption« less
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