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G. W. Carlson, J. W. Behrens, J. B. Czirr
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 63 | Number 2 | June 1977 | Pages 149-152
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A27018
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We have measured the ratio of the 241Pu fission cross section to the 6Li(n, α) cross section at neutron energies from thermal to 70 keV. The Lawrence Livermore Laboratory electron Linac provided a pulsed source of neutrons, and energies were measured by time-of-flight. The evaluated 6Li cross section was used to obtain σ(n, f) for 241Pu from 8 eV to 70 keV and to normalize the results to the accepted thermal fission cross-section value.