Measured and calculated activities of spallation products formed in copper and gold foils as a result of bombardment with 120 MeV deuterons /
and gold, being irradiated by 120 MeV deuterons. The foils
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | and gold, being irradiated by 120 MeV deuterons. The foils and in the determination of the reliability of the LAHET code Approximately 60,000 tons of spent fuel (33,000 MW-days / MTU breeding fertile higher actinides into fissile fuel. The burnup) currently await shipment to the repository at Yucca calculated results. The activity of long-lived radioisotopes detector. The subsequent analysis of the spectra revealed determining the average neutron yield per incident particle, for such applications. from Los Alamos National Laboratory. LAHET was used to idea is to smash high-energy protons or deuterons into a in storage is likely to double before the opening of the incident particle. While numerous studies have been done irradiation for the purpose of estimating the accuracy of the irradiation, a computer program known as LAHET was obtained irradiation. In an effort to predict the types and amounts of is important for the evaluation of target disposal options. isotopes produced in the target as a function of target less effort has been spent to determine the radioactive lessen the volume and time the waste must be stored in its lived fission-products and burning of higher actinides would masters thesis research are important for the future design materials. An experiment conducted at the Texas A&M Mountain, Nevada. 1,2 In addition, the amount of spent fuel options of accelerator-driven transmutation of waste systems, present state, while concurrently extending the U. S. energy radionuclides produced in the targets as a result of such an repository. However, the proposed transmutation of long- resources. An integral part of such a transmutation system is responsible for transmuting fission-products and burning or results from LAHET were compared to the results of the several radionuclides were produced as a result of simulate the experiment run at the TAMU Cyclotron. The storage of the target is not necessary. The results of this target after use ought to be at levels such that geologic target material that will yield a high number of neutrons per The amounts of long-lived isotopes present in a spallation the spoliation target. The target provides the neutrons University (TAMU) Cyclotron consisted of two foils, copper were transported to the TAMU Nuclear Science Center (NSC), where they were placed on a high-purity germanium gamma-ray |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Nuclear Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 106 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |