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  • Measurement of the 77Se(n,¿) cross section up to 200 keV at the n_TOF facility at CERN 

    Sosnin, Nikolay Viktorovich; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Krticka, Milan; Garg, R.; Dietzel, Martin; Bacak, Michael; Barbagallo, Massimo; Battino, Umberto; Cristallo, Sergio; Damone, Lucia Anna; Diakaki, Maria; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Physical Society, 2023-06-12)
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    The 77Se(n,¿) reaction is of importance for 77Se abundance during the slow neutron capture process in massive stars. We have performed a new measurement of the 77Se radiative neutron capture cross section at the Neutron ...

  • Measurement of the neutron-induced fission cross section of Th 230 at the CERN n_TOF facility 

    Michalopoulou, Veatriki; Stamatopoulos, A.; Diakaki, Maria; Tsinganis, Andrea; Vlastou, Roza; Kokkoris, M.; Patronis, N.; Eleme, Zinovia; Macina, Daniela; Tassan Got, Laurence; Colonna, Nicola; Chiaveri, E.; Ventura, Alberto; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Physical Society, 2023-07-26)
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    The neutron-induced fission cross section of 230 Th has been measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF located at CERN. The experiment was performed at the experimental area EAR-1 with a neutron flight path of ...

  • Measurement of the neutron flux at the Canfranc underground laboratory with HENSA 

    Orrigo, Sonja; Taín Enríquez, José Luis; Mont i Geli, Nil; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban; Fraile, L. M.; Grieger, Marcel; Agramunt Ros, Jorge; Algora, Alejandro; Bemmerer, Daniel; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Blas del Hoyo, Alfredo de; Dillmann, Iris; Domínguez Bugarín, Araceli; García Sánchez, Roger; Nacher González, Enrique; Tolosa Delgado, Alvaro (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2021)
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    We have performed a long-term measurement of the neutron flux with the High Efficiency Neutron Spectrometry Array HENSA in the Hall A of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. The Hall A measurement campaign lasted from ...

  • Nucleation of helium in pure liquid lithium 

    Alvarez Galera, Edgar; Martí Rabassa, Jordi; Mazzanti Castrillejo, Fernando Pablo; Batet Miracle, Lluís (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2023-07-14)
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    Tritium self-sufficiency in fusion nuclear reactors will be based on the neutron capture by lithium in the so-called breeding blankets of the reactor, a nuclear reaction that will produce helium along with tritium. The low ...

  • Kv-scaling in thermal hydraulics: Background, applications and forthcoming uses 

    Martínez Quiroga, Víctor Manuel; Freixa Terradas, Jordi; Reventós Puigjaner, Francesc Josep (2023-04-01)
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    Addressing the scaling issue refers to a rather complex process of demonstrating the applicability of activities devoted to predict the behaviour of actual nuclear power plants using the knowledge acquired in scaled-down ...

  • Severe Accident Analysis in Nuclear Power Plants 

    Espinosa Paredes, Gilberto; Batet Miracle, Lluís; Nuñez Carrera, Alejandro; Sugimoto, Jun (2012)
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    Safety of nuclear power plants is essential and safety standards are continuously reviewed and upgraded as new developments and research are performed. Continuous research regarding this subject is fundamental for the ...

  • Neutron-induced fission cross sections of Th 232 and U 233 up to 1 GeV using parallel plate avalanche counters at the CERN n_TOF facility 

    Tarrío, Diego; Tassan Got, Laurence; Durán, I.; Leong, L.S.; Paradela Dobarro, Carlos; Audouin, Ludmila; Leal-Cidoncha, E.; Le Naour, Claire; Caamaño Fresco, Manuel; Ventura, Alberto; Altstadt, Sebastian; Andrzejewski, Józef; Barbagallo, Massimo; Bécares, Vicente; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Gómez Hornillos, María Belén; Riego Pérez, Albert (American Physical Society, 2023-04-01)
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    The neutron-induced fission cross sections of 232 Th and 233 U were measured relative to 235 U in a wide neutron energy range up to 1 GeV (and from fission threshold in the case of 232 Th , and from 0.7 eV in case of 233 ...

  • Validation and verification of a quasi two-dimensional turbulence model and an eddy detection method for liquid metal magnetohydrodynamics flows 

    Suárez Cambra, Daniel; Iraola de Acevedo, Eduardo; Serrat Serra, Joaquim; Mas de les Valls Ortiz, Elisabet; Futatani, Shimpei; Batet Miracle, Lluís (2023-03-02)
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    The flow of liquid metals in straight rectangular channels with an externally applied transverse magnetic field is considered for breeding blankets in tokamak fusion reactors. Under the tokamak magnetic field, the liquid ...

  • Advances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF 

    Domingo Pardo, César; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Taín Enríquez, José Luis; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel; Aberle, O.; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, Józef; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Calviani, Marco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Cosentino, Luigi; Dressler, Rugard (Springer Nature, 2023-01-01)
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    This article presents a few selected developments and future ideas related to the measurement of (n,¿) data of astrophysical interest at CERN n_TOF. The MC-aided analysis methodology for the use of low-efficiency radiation ...

  • 74 Ge(n, ¿) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN 

    Lederer Woods, Claudia; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, Józef; Audouin, Ludmila; Bécares, Vicente; Bacak, Michael; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Barbagallo, Massimo; Barros, S.; Battino, Umberto; Becvar, F.; Beinrucker, C.; Berthoumieux, Eric; Billowes, J.; Bosnar, Damir; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Riego Pérez, Albert (Springer Nature, 2022-12-01)
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    Neutron capture reaction cross sections on 74Ge are of importance to determine 74Ge production during the astrophysical slow neutron capture process. We present new resonancedataon74Ge(n,¿)reactionsbelow70keVneutron energy. ...

  • Neutron capture measurements with high efficiency detectors and the Pulse Height Weighting Technique 

    Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Cano Ott, Daniel; González Romero, Enrique Miguel; Martínez, T.; Pérez de Rada Fiol, Alberto; Sánchez Caballero, Adrián; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Domingo Pardo, César; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos (2023-02-01)
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    Neutron capture cross section measurements in time-of-flight facilities are usually performed by detecting the prompt ¿-rays emitted in the capture reactions. One of the difficulties to be addressed in these measurements ...

  • A Formal Verification and Validation of a Low Magnetic Reynolds Number MHD Code for Fusion Applications 

    Suárez Cambra, Daniel; Khodak, Andrei; Mas de les Valls Ortiz, Elisabet; Batet Miracle, Lluís (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-01-01)
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    As the nuclear fusion research advances, resear-chers and engineers focus more on the design of the required systems that complement the nuclear fusion reaction in the plasma of a Tokamak. Some proposals for breeding ...

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