@inproceedings{9fbe2bce98944410b9d7c5f1fc5b1f90,
title = "Neutron transmission measurements and resonance analysis of molybdenum-96",
abstract = "Isotopes of molybdenum can be found as high yield fission products in nuclear power reactors, certain alloys of steel used in nuclear reactors, and proposed U-Mo nuclear fuels [1]. As computational power and accuracy rapidly increase, nuclear data becomes a greater fraction of the uncertainty in neutron transport calculations. This work is part of an effort to increase the accuracy of existing total cross section evaluations to improve the accuracy of computational simulations. Neutron transmission measurements were performed at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gaerttner Linear Accelerator Center using the time-of-flight method with a metallic enriched 96Mo sample from 113 eV to 20 keV. In addition a method was developed to process data and to ensure the accuracy of the flight path length and neutron emission time using depleted uranium to validate resonance energies. Measurements in the mid-low energy region (113 eV - 4.8 keV) were performed at a 32 m flight path distance with a 6Li glass scintillation detector, and measurements in the mid-high energy region (4.5 keV - 20 keV) were performed at 100 m with an array of 6Li glass scintillation detectors. Using the R-matrix Bayesian fitting code SAMMY 8.0, previously identified resonances have been modified to appropriate spin groups, neutron widths, and energies. The s-wave strength function was found to be S0 = 0.82 ± 0.32, and the capture resonance integral RIγ is in agreement with the ENDF/B-VII.1 calculated value. These results agree with the values published in the Atlas of Neutron Resonances by Brookhaven National Laboratory.",
keywords = "Molybdenum, RPI, Resonance parameters, Total cross-section, Transmission",
author = "Brown, {J. M.} and A. Youmans and N. Thompson and Y. Danon and Barry, {D. P.} and G. Leinweber and Rapp, {M. J.} and Block, {R. C.} and Rian Bahran",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright{\textcopyright} (2017) by American Nuclear Society. All rights reserved.; 13th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators 2017: The Expanding Universe of Accelerator Applications, AccApp 2017 ; Conference date: 31-07-2017 Through 04-08-2017",
year = "2018",
language = "English",
series = "13th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators 2017, AccApp 2017: The Expanding Universe of Accelerator Applications",
publisher = "American Nuclear Society",
pages = "426--435",
booktitle = "13th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators 2017, AccApp 2017",
}