Measurement of the Neutron Total Cross Sections of Zircaloy-2, Zirconium-90, and Carbon between 0.4 and 2.4 MeV

R. W. Stooksberry; J. H. Anderson

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE73-A26597

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Measurement of the Neutron Total Cross Sections of Zircaloy-2, Zirconium-90, and Carbon between 0.4 and 2.4 MeV

R. W. Stooksberry, J. H. Anderson

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 51 / Number 2 / June 1973 / Pages 235-238

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE73-A26597

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The total neutron cross sections of Zircaloy-2, zirconium-90, and carbon have been measured in the energy range 0.4 to 2.4 MeV, using the Bettis 3-MeV Van de Graaff pulsed-beam time-of-flight system in conjunction with a NE213 pulse-shape discrimination transmission detector for gamma-ray discrimination. Results obtained far Zircaloy-2 are significantly lower than prior evaluated data near 1 MeV. In addition, the zirconium-90 results average 6 to 7% below the Zircaloy-2 results.