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NEUTRON RADIATIVE CAPTURE CROSS-SECTION OF 232 Th<br />

IN THE ENERGY RANGE FROM 0.06 TO 2 MeV<br />

D. Karamanis 1 , M. Petit 1 , S. Andriamonje 1 , G. Barreau 1 , M. Bercion 1 ,<br />

A. Billebaud 2 ,B. Blank 1 , S. Czajkowski 1 , R. Del Moral 1 , J. Giovinazzo 1 ,<br />

V. Lacoste 3 , C. Marchand 1 ,L. Perrot 2 , M. Pravikoff 1 , J.C. Thomas 1<br />

1 CEN/Bordeaux-Gradignan, France<br />

2 ISN, Grenoble, France<br />

3 CERN, Geneva, Switzerland<br />

Abstract<br />

Neutron capture cross-section of 232 Th have been measured relative to σ(n,γ) for 197 Au and σ(n,f) for<br />

235 U in the energy range from 60 keV to 2 MeV. Neutrons were produced by the 7 Li(p,n) and T(p,n)<br />

reactions at the 4 MV Van de Graaff Accelerator of CEN/Bordeaux. The activation technique was<br />

used and the cross-section was measured relative to the 197 Au(n,γ) standard cross-section up to 1 MeV.<br />

Above this energy, the reaction 235 U(n,f) was also used as a second standard and the fission fragments<br />

were detected with a photovoltaic cell. The results after applying the appropriate corrections indicate<br />

that the cross-sections are close to the JENDL-3 database values up to 800 keV and over 1.4 MeV. For<br />

energies in the intermediate range, values are slightly lower to the ones from all the libraries.<br />

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