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As global interest in nuclear energy surges, the United States must remain at the forefront of research and development to ensure national energy security, advance nuclear technologies, and promote international cooperation on safety and nonproliferation. A crucial step in achieving this is analyzing how funding and resources are allocated to better understand how to direct future research and development. The Department of Energy has spearheaded this effort by funding hundreds of research projects across the country through the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). This initiative has empowered dozens of universities to collaborate toward a nuclear-friendly future.
S. Traiforos, A. Mittler, W. A. Schier, B. K. Barnes, L. E. Beghian, P. Harihar
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 72 | Number 2 | November 1979 | Pages 191-201
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A19463
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A total of 22 gamma-ray transitions were measured from (n,n′γ) reactions on the four even-even nickel isotopes, 58,60,62,64Ni. Absolute gamma-ray production excitation functions at 125 deg were extracted for these transitions from their thresholds up to neutron energies of 4 MeV. Inelastic neutron scattering cross sections for 19 levels were inferred from the gamma-ray production data and compared to the Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF/B-IV, MAT 1190). Cross-section agreement for the first excited 2+ states in these four isotopes is generally good, but excitation functions associated with many of the higher excited states in nickel are in strong disagreement with the file.
