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Empirical formula for (n, f) reaction cross sections of Uranium isotopes at 1-20 MeV neutrons
Hallo M Abdullah1, Ali H Ahmed1
1Department of Physics, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Hawler, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Abstract:
This article describes how to calculate neutron-induced fission reaction cross sections using a proposed empirical formula and the EMPIRE 3.2.3 and TALYS 1.95 computer codes for Uranium isotopes up to the third fission plateau. In this study, the excitation functions of 232U (n, f), 233U (n, f), 234U (n, f), 235U (n, f), 236U (n, f), 237U (n, f) and 238U (n, f) nuclear reactions were calculated at 1-20 MeV neutron energies. The results were contrasted to measured values from the Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data (EXFOR) as well as the evaluated data from Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF) such as (EAF-2010, JEFF-3.3, ENDF/B-VIII.0 and TENDL-2019). Overall, the calculated, experimental, and evaluated fission cross-sections are in concordance.
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