Abstract
AbstractAn experiment was carried out to study the feasibility of 99Mo production using an electron accelerator based epi-cadmium neutron source. The neutrons were produced by the interaction of bremsstrahlung end-point energy of 10 MeV with BeO blocks and the neutrons thus produced were moderated using High Density Polyethylene blocks. Effective cross-section of 98Mo(n,γ)99Mo reaction was measured using foil activation method. An enhancement in the effective cross-section due to resonances in the epi-cadmium region was observed. The photons and neutron production/transport in the experimental set-up were simulated using the FLUKA Monte Carlo code. The simulations were found to be in good agreement with the experimental findings.
Funder
Babha Atomic Research Centre
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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