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Self-Shielded Fission Rates for Uranium-235

J. B. Czirr

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 70 / Number 3 / June 1979 / Pages 307-308

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A20152

The relative self-shielded fission rate has been measured for 235U in the energy range from 0.464 to 2150 eV. Absorber thicknesses from 0.5 to 19 g/cm2 of 235U-enriched uranium were used. The measurement was performed to improve on data obtained previously under high-background conditions.