Neutron Capture Measurements on Minor Actinides at the n TOF Facility at CERN: Past, Present and Future

D. Cano-Ott , F. Alvarez-Velarde , E. Gonz Alez-Romero , C. Guerrero , T. Mart Nez , E. Mendoza , D. Villamarin , M. C. Vicente , U. Abbondanno , N. Colonna , M. H. Meaze , S. Marrone , G. Tagliente , R. Terlizzi , F. Belloni , K. Fujii , P. M. Milazzo , C. Moreau , S. Andriamonje (1) , M. Calviani , E. Chiaveri , Y. Kadi , V. Vlachoudis , J. Andrzejewski , J. Marganiec , P. Assimakopoulos , D. Karadimos , D. Karamanis (2) , C. Papachristodoulou , N. Patronis , L. Audouin (3) , S. David (3) , L. Ferrant (3) , S. Isaev (3) , C. Stephan (3) , L. Tassan-Got (3) , G. Badurek , E. Jericha , H. Leeb , H. Oberhummer , M. T. Pigni , P. Baumann (4) , M. Kerveno (4) , S. Lukic (4) , G. Rudolf , F. Becvar , M. Krticka , F. Calvi~no , H. Frais-Koelbl , E. Griesmayer , R. Capote , M. Lozano , J. Quesada , A. Mengoni , A. Carrillo de Albornoz , L. Marques , J. Salgado , L. Tavora , P. Vaz , P. Cennini , M. Dahlfors , Anthony Ferrari , F. Gramegna , A. Herrera-Martinez , P. Mastinu , J. Praena , L. Sarchiapone , H. Wendler , V. Chepel , R. Ferreira-Marques , I. Goncalves , A. Lindote , I. Lopes , F. Neves , G. Aerts (1) , E. Berthoumieux (1) , W. Dridi (1) , F. Gunsing , J. Pancin (1) , L. Perrot (1) , A. Plukis (1) , C. Lampoudis (1) , G. Cortes , A. Poch , C. Pretel , A. Couture , J. Cox , S. O'Brien , M. Wiescher , I. Dillman , M. Heil , F. Kappeler , M. Mosconi , R. Plag , F. Voss , S. Walter , K. Wisshak , R. Dolfini , C. Rubbia , C. Domingo-Pardo , J. L. Tain , C. Eleftheriadis , I. Savvidis , W. Furman , V. Konovalov , A. Goverdovski , V. Ketlerov , H. Alvarez , I. Duran , C. Paradela , B. Haas (2) , R. Haight , R. Reifarth , M. Igashira , P. Koehler , E. Kossionides , C. Massimi , G. Vannini , M. Oshima , C. Papadopoulos , R. Vlastou , A. Pavlik , P. Pavlopoulos (5) , A. Plompen , P. Rullhusen , T. Rauscher , M. Rosetti (1) , A. Ventura

1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
2 ACEN - Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire
3 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
4 DRS-IPHC - Département Recherches Subatomiques
5 Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci

The successful development of advanced nuclear systems for sustainable energy production and nuclear waste management depends on high quality nuclear data libraries. Recent sensitivity stud- ies and reports [1-3] have identi ed the need for substantially improving the accuracy of neutron cross-section data for minor actinides. The n TOF collaboration has initiated an ambitious exper- imental program for the measurement of neutron capture cross sections of minor actinides. Two experimental setups have been constructed for this purpose: a Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) [4] for measuring neutron capture cross-sections of low-mass and/or radioactive samples and a set of two low neutron sensitivity C6D6 detectors for the less radioactive materials.

Mots clés: n TOF; Total Absorption Calorimeter; TAC; Neutron capture; Cross section; Nuclear waste; Transmutation; Generation IV; Accelerator driven system; ADS; Nuclear reactor; Nuclear energy; Nuclear data; Barium uoride; Actinides; Plutonium; Americium; Uranium

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]

D. Cano-Ott, F. Alvarez-Velarde, E. Gonz Alez-Romero, C. Guerrero, T. Mart Nez, et al.. Neutron Capture Measurements on Minor Actinides at the n TOF Facility at CERN: Past, Present and Future. Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 2011, 59, pp.1809-1812. ⟨10.3938/jkps.59.1809⟩. ⟨in2p3-00656177⟩