https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714604029
237Np absolute delayed neutron yield measurements
1 Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
2 GANIL, 14000 Caen, France
3 Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
4 Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
5 CEA, DEN, DER, Cadarache, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
a e-mail: diane.dore@cea.fr
Published online: 13 September 2017
237Np absolute delayed neutron yields have been measured at different incident neutron energies from 1.5 to 16 MeV. The experiment was performed at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) facility where the Van de Graaff accelerator and the cyclotron CV28 delivered 9 different neutron energy beams using p+T, d+D and d+T reactions. The detection system is made up of twelve 3He tubes inserted into a polyethylene cylinder. In this paper, the experimental setup and the data analysis method are described. The evolution of the absolute DN yields as a function of the neutron incident beam energies are presented and compared to experimental data found in the literature and data from the libraries.
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