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Study on Measurements of Nuclear Data for Transmutation of Actinide Elements

Research Project

Project/Area Number 03452302
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Nuclear engineering
Research InstitutionKYOTO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

KOBAYASHI Katsuhei (1992-1993)  Kyoto University, Research Reactor Institute (KURRI), Associate Professor, 原子炉実験所, 助教授 (80027466)

玉井 忠治 (1991)  京都大学, 原子炉実験所, 助教授 (10027427)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KANNO Ikuo  Kyoto University, Department of Nuclear Engineering , Research Associater, 工学部, 助手 (50234167)
KIMURA Itsuro  Kyoto University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (40027404)
NISHIKAWA Sataro  Kyoto University, Research Reactor Institute (KURRI), Research Associater, 原子炉実験所, 助手 (60027430)
小林 捷平  京都大学, 原子炉実験所, 助教授 (80027466)
Project Period (FY) 1991 – 1993
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
KeywordsNuclear Data / Transmutation / Measurement and Calculation / ^<237>Np(n, f) Reaction / Actinide Elements / ^<237>Np(n, gamma)^<238>Np Reaction / ^<241>Am(n, f) Reaction / Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer / ^<237>Np(n,f) Reaction / ^<241>Am(n,f) Reaction / Np-237 / Np-238 / 熱中性子断面積 / 共鳴積分 / 放射化断面積 / (n,γ)反応 / 標準スペクトル場 / Npー237 / 核分裂断面積 / 共鳴中性子領域 / 鉛減速スペクトロメ-タ / 核分裂計数管 / アクチナイド / 電着膜 / 中性減速時間測定法
Research Abstract

Studies on fission cross section measurements of Np-237 and Am-241 for tranmutation were performed through the Kyoto University Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer (KULS) coupled to the 46 MeV electron linear accelerator (linac). The characteristics of the KULS were firstly obtained for (1) the relation between neutron slowing-down time and energy, (2) energy resolution, and (3) neutron energy spectrum, by the MCNP code and by the experiments using neutron resonance filters. Then, the KULS was applied to the fission neutron cross section measurements of Np-237 and Am-241 relative to that of U-235 from about 1 eV to about 10 keV with energy resolution (dE/E) of about 40 %. Although the shape of the present cross section of Np-237 agrees with that measured by Plattard et al. and with those in ENDF/B-VI and JENDL-3, the absolute values of above three are from 3 to 4 times smaller than those of the present data. However, the measurement by Hoffman et al.is rather closer to the present result. For Am-241, the absolute values of the evaluated data and the Dabbs' measurementare are 3 times lower than the present data, which are rather closer to those measured by Gayther et al.and Bowman et al.above a few tens of eV.
For the ^<237>Np(n, gamma)^<238>Np reaction, thermal reutron cross section (158(〕SY.+-.〔)3 b) and the resonance integral (652(〕SY.+-.〔)24 b) were measured with the standard Maxwellian and the 1/E neutron spectrum fields, respectively. Thermal neutron cross sections appeared in ENDF/B-V and JENDL-3 are larger by 7 to 15 % than the present value. For the resonance integral, the evaluated data are in good agreement with the present value.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1993 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1992 Annual Research Report
  • 1991 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (25 results)

All Other

All Publications (25 results)

  • [Publications] Akihiro Yamanaka: "Measurement of Fission Cross Section of Neptunium-237 in Resonance Region with Electron Linac-Driven Lead Spectrometer" J.Nucl.Sci.Technol.30. 863-869 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Katsuhei Kobayashi: "Measurement of Thermal Neutron Cross Section and Resonance Integral for the ^<237>Np(n,γ)^<238>Np Reaction" Proc.of the Eighth ASTM-Euratom Symp.on Reactor Dosimetry. (印刷中). (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Itsuro Kimura: "Measurement of Fission and Capture Cross Sections for Design of Transmutation Systems" Proc.of the Int'l Conf.and Technol.Exposition on Future Nuclear Systems:Emerging Fuel Cycles and Waste Disposal Options GLOBAL '93. Vol.1. 449-454 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yoshihiro Nakagome: "Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac(1)-Outline of the Spectrometer" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 92-027. 369-374 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akihiro Yamanaka: "Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac(2)-Neutron Time Behavior in Lead" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 92-027. 375-383 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Katsuhei Kobayashi: "Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac(3)-Neutron Spectrum" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 92-027. 384-393 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Itsuro Kimura: "Measurement of Fission Cross Section of ^<237>Np in Resonance Region with Electron Linac-Driven Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer(KULS)" Proc.of the 1992 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 93-046. 356-359 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Katsuhei Kobayashi: "Characteristic Behavior of Neutrons in the Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer Coupled to Electron Linac" Proc.of the 1992 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 93-046. 360-367 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akihiro Yamanaka, Itsuro Kimura, et al.: ""Measurement of Fission Cross Section of Neptunium-237 in Resonance Region with Electron Linac-Driven Lead Spectrometer"" J.Nucl.Sci.Technol.Vol.30, No.9. 863-869 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Katsuhei Kobayashi, Akihiro Yamanaka and Itsuro Kimura: ""Measurements of Thermal Neutron Cross Section and Resonance Integral for the ^<237>Np(n, gamma)^<238>1Np Reaction"" Proc.of the Eighth ASTM-Euratom Symp.on Reactor Dosimetry, held at Vail, Colorado. (in print). (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Itsuro Kimura, Akihiro Yamanaka, et al: ""Measurement of Fission and Capture Cross Sections for Design of Transmutation Systems"" Proc.of the Int'l Conf.and Technol.Exposition on Future Nuclear Systems : Emerging Fuel Cycles and Wast Disposal Options GLOBAL '93", held at Seattle, Washington. (in print). (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yoshihiro Nakagome, Katsuhei kobayasgu, et al.: ""Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac (1)-Outline of the Spectrometer"" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data, JAERI-M. 92-027. 369-374 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akihiro Yamanaka, Satoshi Kanazawa, et al.: ""Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac (2)-Neutron Time Behavior in Lead"" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data, JAERI-M. 92-027. 375-383 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Katuhei Kobayashi, Li Zhaohuan, et al.: ""Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Elevtron Linac (3)-Neutron Spectrum"" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data, JAERI-M. 92-027. 384-39 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Itsuro Kimura, Akihiro Yamanaka, et al: ""Measurement of Fission Cross Section of ^<237>Np in Resonance Region with Electron Linac Driven Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer (KULS)"" Proc.of the 1992 Symp.on Nuclear Data, JAERI-M. 93-046. 356-359 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Katsuhei Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Nakagome, et al.: ""Charateristic Behavior of Neutrons in the Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer Coupled to Electron linac"" Proc.of the 1992 Symp.on Nuclear Data, JAERI-M. 93-046. 360-367 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akihiro Yamanaka: "Measurement of Fission Cross Section of Neptunium-237 in Resonance Region with Electron Linac-Driven Lead Spectrometer" J.Nucl.Sci.Technol.30. 863-869 (1993)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Itsuro Kimura: "Measurement of Fission and Capture Cross Sections for Design of Transmutation Systems" Proc.of the Int'l Conf.and Technol.Exposition on Future Nuclear Systems:Emerging Fuel Cycles and Waste Disposal Options GLOBAL '93. Vol.1. 449-454 (1993)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Yoshihiro Nakagome: "Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac (1)-Outline of the Spectrometer" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 92-027. 369-374 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Akihiro Yamanaka: "Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac (2)-Neutron Time Behavior in Lead" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 92-027. 375-383 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Katsuhei Kobayashi: "Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac (3)-Neutron Spectrum" Proc.of the 1991 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 92-027. 384-393 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Katsuhei Kobayashi: "Characteristic Behavior of Neutrons in the Lead Slowing-down Spectrometer Coupled to Electron Linac" Proc.of the 1992 Symp.on Nuclear Data,JAERI-M 93-046. 360-367 (1993)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] A.Yamanaka: "Lead Slowing-Down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac" JAERI-M 92-027. 375-383 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Kobayashi: "Characteristic Behavior of Neutrons in the Lead Slowing-Down Spectrometer coupled to Electron Linac" JAERI-M 93-046. (1993)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] I.Kimura: "Measurement of Fission Cross Section of Np-237 in Resonance Region with Electron Linac-Driven Lead Spectrometer" JAERI-M 93-046. (1993)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report

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