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Multilevel Resonance Parameters of Plutonium-241

L. W. Weston, J. H. Todd

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 68 / Number 1 / October 1978 / Pages 125-128

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27278

The data previously reported by the authors on the neutron fission and capture cross sections of 241Pu have been simultaneously fit with the Adler formalism to obtain multilevel resonance parameters. The neutron energy range of the fit was 0.01 to 100 eV. The 241Pu cross sections in the resonance region of neutron energies are complex, and the Adler parameters present an efficient method of representing these cross sections, which are important for plutonium-fueled reactors. The parameters represent the data to an accuracy within the quoted experimental errors.