Neutron cross-sections for advanced nuclear systems

Author(s)

M. Barbagallo, M. Mastromarco, N. Colonna, S. Altstadt, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, C. Carrapiço, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, M. Chin, G. Cortés, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, R. Dressler, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Ferrari, K. Fraval, S. Ganesan, A. R. García, G. Giubrone, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, A. Hernández-Prieto, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimos, N. Kivel, P. Koehler, M. Krtička, J. Kroll, C. Lampoudis, C. Langer, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L. S. Leong, R. Losito, A. Manousos, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. F. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, W. Mondalaers, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A. Plompen, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego, C. Rubbia, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, R. Sarmento, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, M. J. Vermeulen, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Weiß, T. Wright, P. Žugec

Abstract

The study of neutron-induced reactions is of high relevance in a wide variety of fields, ranging from stellar nucleosynthesis and fundamental nuclear physics to applications of nuclear technology. In nuclear energy, high accuracy neutron data are needed for the development of Generation IV fast reactors and accelerator driven systems, these last aimed specifically at nuclear waste incineration, as well as for research on innovative fuel cycles. In this context, a high luminosity Neutron Time Of Flight facility, n-TOF, is operating at CERN since more than a decade, with the aim of providing new, high accuracy and high resolution neutron cross-sections. Thanks to the features of the neutron beam, a rich experimental program relevant to nuclear technology has been carried out so far. The program will be further expanded in the near future, thanks in particular to a new high-flux experimental area, now under construction.

Organisation(s)

Isotope Physics

External organisation(s)

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Roma, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, University of Lodz, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPN), Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnológica, Charles University Prague, IRFU CEA-Saclay laboratory , European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), University of Manchester, University of Zagreb, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universidade de Lisboa, Universidad de Sevilla, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Universitat de València, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Paul Scherrer Institute, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Technische Universität Wien, York University, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, University of Oslo, University of Bologna, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Legnaro, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Reference Mat & Measurements, Universität Basel

No. of pages

8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20137901003

Publication date

2014

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103014 Nuclear physics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Physics and Astronomy

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/424d3d93-26ad-4893-85d2-b887568845cd