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G7 pledges support for nuclear at Italy meeting
The Group of Seven (G7) recommitted its support for nuclear energy in the countries that opt to use it at a Ministerial Meeting on Climate in Italy last month.
In a statement following the April meeting, the group committed to support multilateral efforts to strengthen the resilience of nuclear supply chains, referencing the goal set by 25 countries during last year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050.
H. Naik, S. P. Dange, W. Jang, R. J. Singh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 195 | Number 7 | July 2021 | Pages 717-740
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1866389
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Cumulative and independent yields of various fission products within mass ranges of 86 to 119 and 127 to 162 were measured in the spontaneous fission of 252Cf by using an off-line gamma-ray spectrometric technique. From the cumulative yields of the fission products, their mass chain yields were obtained by using the charge distribution correction. Mass yield distribution parameters such as full-width at tenth-maximum of light and heavy mass wings, average light mass <AL> and heavy mass <AH>, and total average neutron multiplicity <ν>expt were obtained. Fission yield data in the 252Cf(SF) reaction were compared with similar data in neutron-induced fission and spontaneous fission of other actinides to examine the role of excitation energy and nuclear structure effect. The role of standard I and standard II asymmetric modes of fission is also discussed.