Recent measurements of neutron capture cross sections for minor actinides by a JNC and Kyoto University Group

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原田 秀郎   ; 坂根 仁; 中村 詔司  ; 古高 和禎  ; 堀 順一*; 藤井 俊行*; 山名 元*

Harada, Hideo; Sakane, Hitoshi; Nakamura, Shoji; Furutaka, Kazuyoshi; Hori, Junichi*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*; Yamana, Hajimu*

核燃料サイクル開発機構と京都大学が共同で実施したマイナーアクチニド核種の中性子捕獲断面積に関する最近の測定研究についてレビューする。特に、NpとNpの結果に焦点を絞り、測定結果と評価値等と比較する。また、開発した新しい測定技術を紹介すると共に、今後の課題及び展望を述べる。

Recent activities on the measurement of neutron capture cross sections by a Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) and Kyoto university group is reviewed focusing on Np and Np. Firstly, an experimental issue on the measurement of thermal-neutron capture cross section and resonance integral of Np is discussed. In second, the effectiveness of utilizing a double-neutron capture reaction for the measurement of the neutron capture cross section for short-lived nuclei Np is discussed. In third, the measurements of the energy dependence of the neutron capture cross section of Np are reviewed focusing on the experimental progress, including a total-energy detector and a flash-ADC based data-taking system. The experimental results were compared each other and also with some nuclear data libraries to make the problems clear.