ENERGY AND TIME BETA RAY SPECTRA OF FISSION PRODUCTS OF U235 BY FISSION NEUTRONS AND U238 BY 14 MEV NEUTRONS

Abstract

An attempt was made to provide a practical estimate of the beta ray spectrum from fission products at short times after fission. The machine program developed to furnish this information automatically provides the spectrum for later times at very little additional effort, together with the distribution of beta radiation by specific nuclides. Information is presented fon 14 MEV neutron fissioning of U-238 and also for U235 fissioned by fission neutrons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 16, 1961
Accession Number
AD0254212

Entities

People

  • Robert B. Heller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beta Decay
  • Beta Ray Spectrum
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Fission Neutrons
  • Fission Products
  • Gamma Decay
  • Gamma Rays
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mass Number
  • Neutrons
  • Radiation
  • Radioactive Decay
  • Spectra
  • Thermal Neutrons
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Solar Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.