Determination of burnup effects in 197Au(n,γ)198Au prior to reactor neutron field characterisation

S. Pommé; Andras P. Simonits; R. Lindstrom; F. De Corte; Piotr B. Robouch

doi:10.1023/A:1006776003316

Determination of burnup effects in ¹⁹⁷Au(n,γ)¹⁹⁸Au prior to reactor neutron field characterisation

S. Pommé, Andras P. Simonits, R. Lindstrom, F. De Corte, Piotr B. Robouch

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Abstract

A simple and accurate method is presented to evaluate the burnup effects involved in the neutron activation of ¹⁹⁷Au prior to any neutron flux characterisation, based on the spectrometry of the ¹⁹⁸Au and ¹⁹⁹Au decay gammas. The obtained burnup factor can be used as input for reactor neutron field characterisation techniques using ¹⁹⁷Au(n,γ)¹⁹⁸Au as a monitor. This way an iterative procedure is avoided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-227
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	245
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006776003316
State	Published - 2000

Funding

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the Hungarian National Foundation of Scientific Research, Contract OTKA-1838 (AS), and to the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FDC) for financial support.

Funders	Funder number
FRS-FNRS - Fond national de la recherche scientifique
Not added	OTKA-1838

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pollution
Spectroscopy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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