Neutron-induced fission cross-section of U-233 in the energy range 0.5 <E-n <20 MeV
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Belloni, F.
Calviani, M.
Colonna, N.
Mastinu, P.
Milazzo, P. M.
Abbondanno, U.
Aerts, G.
Alvarez, H.
Alvarez-Velarde, F.
Andriamonje, S.
Andrzejewski, J.
Audouin, L.
Badurek, G.
Baumann, P.
Becvar, F.
Berthoumieux, E.
Calvino, F.
Cano-Ott, D.
Capote, R.
Carrapico, C.
Cennini, P.
Chepel, V.
Chiaveri, E.
Cortes, G.
Couture, A.
Cox, J.
Dahlfors, M.
David, S.
Dillmann, I.
Domingo-Pardo, C.
Dridi, W.
Duran, I.
Eleftheriadis, C.
Embid-Segura, M.
Ferrari, A.
Ferreira-Marques, R.
Fujii, K.
Furman, W.
Goncalves, I.
Gonzalez-Romero, E.
Goverdovski, A.
Gramegna, F.
Guerrero, C.
Gunsing, F.
Haas, B.
Haight, R.
Heil, M.
Herrera-Martinez, A.
Igashira, M.
Rauscher, T.
n TOF Collaboration
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2299/10531
Abstract
The neutron-induced fission cross-section of U-233 has been measured at the CERN n_TOF facility relative to the standard fission cross-section of U-235 between 0.5 and 20MeV. The experiment was performed with a fast ionization chamber for the detection of the fission fragments and to discriminate against alpha-particles from the natural radioactivity of the samples. The high instantaneous flux and the low background of the n_TOF facility result in data with uncertainties of approximate to 3%, which were found in good agreement with previous experiments. The high quality of the present results allows to improve the evaluation of the U-233(n, f) cross-section and, consequently, the design of energy systems based on the Th/U cycle.