Production of Transuranium Elements in a Thermonuclear Explosion – Anacostia
- 1 January 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Vol. 18 (1) , 110-112
- https://doi.org/10.13182/nse64-a18146
Abstract
On November 27, 1962, a low-yield thermonuclear device was fired underground at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site in the Anacostia event. This experiment was part of the AEC Project Plowshare - a program to explore the scientific and industrial uses of nuclear explosives. Radiochemical analysis of the debris established the fact that elements at least through mass number A = 246 were formed. The plot of abundance versus mass number can be fitted assuming a single flux region of about 3 × 1024 neutrons/cm2.Keywords
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