Comparison of Stainless Steel and Zircaloy-2 as Encapsulation Materials for Californium-252
- 1 December 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Technology
- Vol. 12 (4) , 404-406
- https://doi.org/10.13182/nt71-a30991
Abstract
A comparison is made of the experimental neutron capture background from 3 to l0 MeV of two 252Cf neutron sources, one encapsulated in stainless steel and one in Zircaloy-2. The background of the Zircaloy-2 source was significantly lower than for the stainless steel source above 6 MeV because of the absence of the high energy capture gamma peaks due to iron, chromium, and nickel. Below 5 MeV, the californium fission gamma rays are the major source of interference.Keywords
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