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Thermal fission energy is one of the basic parameters needed in the calculation of antineutrino flux for reactor neutrino experiments. It is useful to improve the precision of the thermal fission energy calculation for current and future…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-08-09 X. B. Ma , W. L. Zhong , L. Z. Wang , Y. X. Chen , J. Cao

A bright collimated neutron source is an essential tool for global security missions and fundamental scientific research. In this paper, we study a compact high-yield and high-angular-flux neutron source utilizing the break-up reaction of…

The Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source (FPNS) is considered to be a testbed for scientific understanding of material degradation in future nuclear fusion reactors [1-3]. The primary mission of FPNS is to provide a damage rate in iron samples…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Yuri K. Batygin , Eric J. Pitcher

Mass measurements of fission and projectile fragments, produced via $^{238}$U and $^{124}$Xe primary beams, have been performed with the multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MR-TOF-MS) of the FRS Ion Catcher with a mass…

A low-power prototype of neutron amplifier, based on a 70 MeV, high current proton cyclotron being installed at LNL for the SPES RIB facility, was recently proposed within INFN-E project. This prototype uses a thick Beryllium converter to…

Fission fragment angular distributions can provide an important constraint on fission theory, improving predictive fission codes, and are a prerequisite for a precise ratio cross section measurement. Available anisotropy data is sparse,…

The fragment yield ratios were investigated in the fission of 238,233U targets induced by 14 MeV neutrons. The isoscaling behavior was typically observed for the isotopic chains of fragments ranging from the proton-rich to the most…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Veselsky , G. A. Souliotis , M. Jandel

We investigate the possibilities of producing neutron-rich nuclides in projectile fission of heavy beams in the energy range of 20 MeV/nucleon expected from low-energy facilities. We report our efforts to theoretically describe the reaction…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-12-28 N. Vonta , G. A. Souliotis , W. D. Loveland , Y. K. Kwon , K. Tshoo , S. C. Jeong , M. Veselsky , A. Bonasera , A. Botvina

It is well known that two fission fragments (FF's) are emitted essentially back to back in the laboratory frame. That can be used widely in many applications as a unique signature of fissionable materials. However, such fission fragments…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-07-12 Roman V. Shapovalov

General Fusion is building the Fusion Demonstration Plant to demonstrate a magnetized target fusion scheme in which a deuterium plasma is heated from 200 eV to 10 keV by piston-driven compression of a liquid-lithium liner. The multilayer…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 P. J. F. Carle , F. Retière , A. Sher , R. Underwood , K. Starosta , M. Hildebrand , S. Barsky , S. Howard

Spallation-induced fission reactions, in combination with state-of-the-art dynamical calculations, provide a robust framework for studying the nuclear dissipation mechanism in nuclear matter over a wide range of deformations. Experimental…

Fusion and advanced fission power plants require advanced nuclear materials to function under new, extreme environments. Understanding the evolution of mechanical and functional properties during radiation damage is essential to the design…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-30 Steven Jepeal , Lance Snead , Zachary Hartwig

The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility - Demo Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) is a single-sited novel Research Infrastructure for testing, validation and qualification of the materials to be used in a fusion reactor.…

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is intended to become the most powerful spallation neutron source in the world and the flagship of neutron science in the upcoming decades. The exceptionally high neutron flux will provide unique…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-10 M. Klausz , K. Kanaki , T. Kittelmann , R. Toft-Petersen , J. O. Birk , M. A. Olsen , P. Zagyvai , R. J. Hall-Wilton

Fission fragment yield evaluation in the past has been done mainly by considering independent and cumulative fission yields. In addition to them, the fission fragment yields are related to various observables such as total kinetic energy,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-01-17 Futoshi Minato

A Multi-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (MR-ToF-MS) has been commissioned at the Ion-Guide Isotope Separator On-Line (IGISOL) facility. It consists of six electrode pairs that form a nearly energy-isochronous potential and a…

The multi-MW target proposed for the EURISOL facility will be based on fission of uranium (or thorium) compounds to produce rare isotopes far from stability. A two-step process is used for the isotope production. First, neutrons are…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Felcini , A. Herrera-Martinez , Y. Kadi , T. Otto , L. Tecchio

The Medley setup is planned to be moved to and used at the new neutron facility NFS where measurements of light-ion production and fission cross-sections are planned at 1-40 MeV. Medley has eight detector telescopes providing Delta E-Delta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-09 K. Jansson , C. Gustavsson , S. Pomp , A. V. Prokofiev , G. Scian , D. Tarrío , U. Tippawan

Neutron energy spectrum from 120 GeV protons on a thick copper target was measured at the Meson Test Beam Facility (MTBF) at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The data allows for evaluation of neutron production process implemented in…