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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 49 | Number 2 | October 1972 | Pages 145-152
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A35502
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The total neutron cross sections have been measured and resonance parameters determined for 243Cm, 245 Cm, and 246Cm from 0.01 to 30 eV and for 244Cm up to 90 eV. A total thermal neutron cross section at 0.0253 eV was determined for 244Cm of 23 ± 3 b and 2900 ± 450 b for 245Cm. Resonance absorption integrals of 2345 ± 470 b for 243Cm, 605 ± 40 b for 244Cm and 897 ± 180 b for 245Cm were calculated from the resonance parameters.