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A Survey of New Methods for Production of Some Radionuclides, at Laboratory Scale, through Secondary Reactions in Nuclear Reactors
Facultad Regional Avellaneda, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Avellaneda, Argentina
Centro Atomico Ezeiza, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Ezeiza, Argentina
Centro Atómico Ezeiza, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Ezeiza, Argentina
- 1 Facultad Regional Avellaneda, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Avellaneda, Argentina
- 2 Centro Atomico Ezeiza, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Ezeiza, Argentina
- 3 Centro Atómico Ezeiza, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Ezeiza, Argentina
Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science·Volume 04 (2014)·Pages 300–307·Published 4 July 2014·DOI10.4236/aces.2014.43033
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Abstract
The studies performed in the frame of a project destined for the search of new (t,n) and (p,n) reactions of interest in nuclear reactors are described. Experimental evidences of the observations of the reactions: 46 Ti(t,n) 48 V, 48 Ti(p,n) 48 V, 52 Cr(t,n) 54 Mn, 56 Fe(p,n) 56 Co, 72 Ge(t,n) 74 As and 74 Ge(p,n) 74 As, are presented. Additional data on some secondary reactions, already characterised for the production of 7 Be, 56 Co, 58 Co, 65 Zn and 88 Y, were also obtained. The significance of these data is d iscussed.
KeywordsNuclear ReactionsNuclear ReactorsTritonsRecoil Protons
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