Conveners
Session 2: Nuclear Data Measurements (Part II)
- Frank Gunsing (DAPNIA)
Mr
Raul Sarmento
(Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear (ITN) - Lisbon - Portugal)
31/08/2010, 09:30
Accurate knowledge of the U-236 neutron-induced fission cross-section is important for the development of accelerator-driven systems and fast reactors based on the Th-U cycle. The evaluated data presently stored in the nuclear data libraries rely on old measurements and show large discrepancies in the energy region between 1 keV and 100 keV. Recent measurements yielded results which are in...
Dr
Carlos Paradela Dobarro
(Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)
31/08/2010, 09:55
Nuclear reaction data at fast neutron energies play a key role in the development of new nuclear reactor concepts and, in particular, of the Accelerator Driven Systems dedicated to waste transmutation. However, the evaluated cross sections for Np-237, one of the more abundant isotopes in the spent fuel, are discrepant and they do not provide the required accuracy required for practical...
Mr
Diego Tarrio
(Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain))
31/08/2010, 10:20
Recently, a renewed interested in the Th/U fuel cycle has emerged as a basis for safe and sustainable energy production, which presents the advantage, compared to the conventional U/Pu cycle presently used, of the reduced amount of produced transuranium elements. The development of fast reactors based on the Th/U cycle requires a good knowledge on the reactions involved in it, such as the...
