Measurements of thermal-neutron capture cross-sections for radioactive nuclides

Nakamura, Shoji

Proceedings of the Scientific Workshop on Nuclear Data Measurements, Theory and Applications, p.87 - 92, 2010/07

In the transmutation study of FPs and MAs, the accurate data of neutron capture cross-sections are necessary to evaluate reaction rates. However, there are discrepancies among the reported data for the thermal-neutron capture cross-sections for those nuclides. The discrepancies reach to 1020%. Therefore, our concern was focused to re-measure the cross-sections of those FPs and MAs. In this workshop, JAEA's activities for the neutron capture cross-section measurements of FPs and MAs will be presented.