title: Curium-248 standard neutron source
abstract: A new standard neutron source based on curium-248 has been developed, prepared, and certified. The curium-248 isotope is more long-lived than californium-252. The active core of this source is a pellet made of an alloy of platinum with curium. The measured full neutron yield for this source is 2.30 x 10(4) s(-1) with 4% error at 0.95 confidence.
authors.affiliation: State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation, Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad. kar@orip.niiar.simbirsk.su
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Radchenko
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ryabinin
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Andreytchuk
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Gavrilov
authors.initials: YeA
authors.lastname: Karelin