Abstract
Total absorption spectroscopy is a technique that helps obtain reliable β-feeding patterns of complex decays important for nuclear structure and astrophysics modeling as well as decay heat analysis in nuclear reactors. The need for improved measurements of β-feeding patterns from fission decay products has come to the forefront of experiments that use nuclear reactors as a source of antineutrinos. Here we present more detailed results, in particular the β-decay measurements of 96gsY, and demonstrate the impact of the β-delayed γ multiplicity on the overall efficiency of Modular Total Absorption Spectrometer used at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study the decays of fission products abundant during a nuclear fuel cycle.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 507-515 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Acta Physica Polonica B |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |