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Estimating the photo-fission yield of the Trinity Test

Published:2020-03-06 Issue:1 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2045-2322
Container-title:Scientific Reports
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Author:

Khan F. A.

Abstract

AbstractIn the Trinity Test, the energy was released not only from the fission of Pu-239 core but also from the fast neutron fission of tamper surrounding it. The high energy photons produced from the fissioning core can also induce fission in U-238 tamper. In this work, an effort has been made, for the first time, to develop an approach to investigate the possibility of photon-induced fission in U-238 tamper used in Trinity Test nuclear weapon. GEF nuclear reaction code, version 2018/1.1 is used to calculate the prompt γ-spectrum from the fast fission of Pu-239 core of the device. It is estimated that 14.3 ton (t) of TNT of the total 21 kT yield of the Trinity nuclear device is contributed by the photo-fission of U-238 tamper.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Link

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61201-0.pdf

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