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First results studying the transmutation of (129)I, (237)Np, (238)Pu, and (239)Pu in the irradiation of an extended (nat)U/Pb-assembly with 2.52 GeV deuterons

KRIVOPUSTOV, M. ADAM, J. TSOUPKO-SITNIKOV, V. KATOVSKÝ, K. KUMAR, V.

Original Title

First results studying the transmutation of (129)I, (237)Np, (238)Pu, and (239)Pu in the irradiation of an extended (nat)U/Pb-assembly with 2.52 GeV deuterons

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

An extended U/Pb-assembly was irradiated with an extracted beam of 2.52 GeV deuterons from the Nuclotron accelerator of the Laboratory of High Energies within the JINR in Dubna, Russia. The lay-out of this experiment and first results are reported. The Pb-target (diameter 8.4 cm, length 45.6 cm) is surrounded by a (nat)U-blanket (206.4 kg) and used for transmutation studies of hermetically sealed radioactive samples of (129)I, (237)Np, (238)Pu and (239)Pu. Estimates of transmutation rates were obtained as result of measurements of gamma-activities of the samples. Information about the spatial and energy distribution of neutrons in the volume of the lead target and the uranium blanket was obtained with sets of activation threshold detectors (Al, Y and Au) and solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTD). An electronic (3)He neutron detector was tested on-line. A comparison of experimental data with theoretical model calculations using the MCNPX program was performed yielding satisfactory results.

Authors

KRIVOPUSTOV, M.; ADAM, J.; TSOUPKO-SITNIKOV, V.; KATOVSKÝ, K.; KUMAR, V.

Released

2. 2. 2009

Publisher

SPRINGER

Location

VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISBN

0236-5731

Periodical

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Year of study

279

Number

2

State

Hungary

Pages from

567

Pages to

584

Pages count

17

BibTex

@article{BUT104054,
  author="Mikhail I. {Krivopustov} and Jindřich {Adam} and Vsevolod M. {Tsoupko-Sitnikov} and Karel {Katovský} and Vinod {Kumar}",
  title="First results studying the transmutation of (129)I, (237)Np, (238)Pu, and (239)Pu in the irradiation of an extended (nat)U/Pb-assembly with 2.52 GeV deuterons",
  journal="Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry",
  year="2009",
  volume="279",
  number="2",
  pages="567--584",
  doi="10.1007/s10967-007-7265-1",
  issn="0236-5731"
}