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Tc-99の中性子捕獲断面積測定

Measurement of neutron capture cross sections of Tc-99

井頭 政之*

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高速炉を用いた長寿命核分裂生成物(LLFP)の核変換処理研究のためには、核変換性能等の炉心特性を詳細に検討する必要があり、従って、LLFPの精度良い中性子核反応断面積データが必要となる。そこで本研究では、精度良い中性子核反応断面積データを得るため、重要なLLFP核種であるTc-99についてkeV中性子捕獲反応断面積の測定を行なった。測定はAuの捕獲反応断面積を標準とした相対測定とし、ペレトロン加速器を利用したnsパルス中性子源及び大型コンプトン抑止型NaI(Tl)ガンマ線検出器を用いた中性子飛行時間法で行なった。その結果、入射中性子エネルギー10$$sim$$600keVの範囲で、Tc-99の捕獲断面積を誤差約5%の精度で得た。今回の測定値とこれまでの測定値及びJENDL-3.2の評価値との比較を行なった結果、JENDL-3.2は15$$sim$$20%過小評価を行っていることが明らかになった。

For studies on nuclear transmutation of long-lived fission products (LLFPs) in a fast reactor, detailed characteristics of reactor core such as transmutation performance have to be investigated, so accurate neutron cross section data of LLFPs become necessary. Therefore, the keV-neutron capture cross sections of Tc-99, which is one of important LLFPs, were measured in the present study to obtain the accurate data. The measurement was relative to the standard capture cross sections of Au-197. A neutron time-of-flight method was adopted with a ns-pulsed neutron source by a Pelletron accelerator and a large anti-Compton NaI(TI) gamma-ray detector. As a result, the capture cross sections of Tc-99 were obtained with the error of about 5 % in the incident neutlon energy region of 10 to 600 keV. The present data were compared with other experimental data and the evaluated values of JENDL-3.2, and it was found that the evaluations of JENDL-3.2 were 15-20 % smaller than the present measurements.

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