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Measurement of fission neutron spectrum averaged cross sections of some threshold reactions on zirconium: Production possibility of no-carrier-added 90Y in a nuclear reactor

  • I. A. Abbasi , Jamshed H. Zaidi , M. Arif , Shahida Waheed and Muhammad Sadiq Subhani
Published/Copyright: September 25, 2009

Summary

Employing the activation technique in combination with radiochemical separations and high-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy fission neutron spectrum averaged cross sections were measured for several (n, p) and (n, α) reactions on isotopes of zirconium; our measurements constitute the first systematic study. The special interest was in the investigation of the 90Zr(n, p)90Y reaction for the production of no-carrier-added 90Y in a nuclear reactor. At a fast neutron flux density of 7.5 × 1013 cm−2 s−1 and an irradiation time of 120 h, using 100% enriched 90Zr target 0.548 GBq of no-carrier-added 90Y per batch could be produced. The method is thus suitable for medium-scale production of this radionuclide.

Received: 2006-1-2
Accepted: 2006-2-20
Published Online: 2009-9-25
Published in Print: 2006-8-1

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