Neutron and gamma-ray cross-correlation measurements of plutonium oxide powder
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For the first time, measurements of the time-dependent cross-correlation distributions of plutonium oxide have been made separately for neutrons and gamma rays. Six EJ-309 liquid scintillation detectors with a digital, offline pulse shape discrimination and pulse timing method were used to measure five different samples of varying mass and burnup. The number of (neutron, neutron) correlations were selectively analyzed versus plutoniummass and a clear, increasing trend was observed. Additionally, the measurement scenarios were modeled using the MCNP-PoliMi code and good agreement was observed between the measured and simulated cross-correlation functions. & 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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