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EDP Sciences, EPJ Web of Conferences, (211), p. 03008, 2019

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921103008

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Measurement of the 244Cm and 246Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections at the n_TOF facility

Journal article published in 2019 by V. Alcayne ORCID, A. Kimura, E. Mendoza, D. Cano-Ott, T. Martínez, O. Aberle, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, M. Bacak, M. Barbagallo, F. Becčvář, G. Bellia, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and heavier elements such as Bk and Cf in a nuclear reactor. In addition, both isotopes belong to the minor actinides with a large contribution to the decay heat and to the neutron emission in irradiated fuels. There are only two previous 244Cm and 246Cm capture cross section measurements: one in 1969 using a nuclear explosion [1] and the most recent data measured at J-PARC in 2010 [2]. The data for both isotopes are very scarce due to the difficulties in performing the measurements: high intrinsic activity of the samples and limited facilities capable of providing isotopically enriched samples. We have measured both neutron capture cross sections at the n_TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) with three C6 D6 detectors and also at Area 1 (EAR-1) with the TAC. Preliminary results assessing the quality and limitations (back-ground subtraction, measurement technique and counting statistics) of this new experimental datasets are presented and discussed.