Neutron cross-sections for next generation reactors: new data from n_TOF.
In 2002, an innovative neutron time-of-flight facility started operation at CERN: n_TOF. The main characteristics that make the new facility unique are the high instantaneous neutron flux, high resolution and wide energy range. Combined with state-of-the-art detectors and data acquisition system, these features have allowed to collect high accuracy neutron cross-section data on a variety of isotopes, many of which radioactive, of interest for Nuclear Astrophysics and for applications to advanced reactor technologies. A review of the most important results on capture and fission reactions obtained so far at n_TOF is presented, together with plans for new measurements related to nuclear industry.
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bari, Italy. nicola.colonna@ba.infn.it
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D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D017247:Neutron Capture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D009502:Neutrons; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity