ISSN:
1588-2780
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract An isotope-separator-on-line (ISOL) system has been developed at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to enable a wide variety of nuclear decay studies to be made for fission-product radionuclides. The system is unique in that it utilizes the spontaneous fission source,252Cf, as the source of fission-product radioactivity. Fission products are transported to the ion source of the mass separator by the helium gas-jet technique. Mass-separated beams of previously unattainable rare-earth nuclides are produced with this system because of the higher yield of fission products with A〉150, relative to that for thermal-neutron fission of235U, and the use of a relatively efficient ion source. Recent decay studies reported here include systematic measurements of rare-earth nuclide half-lives and comparison of them to theoretical prediction, a decay scheme investigation for154Nd, and β-strength function measurements for140Cs.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02039463
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