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TRANSMUTATION PRODUCT [1 record]

Record 1 2009-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

Interaction of d-T neutrons and their product particles with the various reactor materials gives a broad range of transmutation products most of which are unstable and subsequently decay by emission of y[gamma]-rays, ß-particles or weak X-rays.

CONT

Nuclear and atomic data for radiation damage calculations and helium and other transmutation product cross-section determinations in high energy neutron fields.

OBS

transmutation: A nuclear process in which one nuclide is transformed into the nuclide of a different element.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Physique atomique
CONT

Critères de sélection des matériaux absorbants. Viennent ensuite [...] la nature des produits de transmutation : s'ils sont également absorbants (cas du hafnium et des terres rares), la durée de vie des barres de commande est allongée (cas du Hf et du Dy); si un gaz est créé (cas de l'hélium dans le bore), cette durée est diminuée à cause de la dégradation mécanique qui en résulte [...]

OBS

Transmutation [...] veut dire recyclage des déchets dans des réacteurs de façon à les transformer en déchets radioactifs de courte période [...]

Spanish

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