Pulse-height distributions of neutron and gamma rays from plutonium-oxide samples
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چکیده
We present new results on neutron and gamma-ray pulse-height distributions (PHDs) measured with liquid scintillators from five plutonium-oxide samples of varying mass and burnup and a Cf isotopic source. We show that the analysis of the pulse-height distributions can be used to easily distinguish the fissile material (plutonium oxide) from the Cf source. Moreover, the slope of the measured pulseheight distributions can be analyzed to distinguish the burnup of the samples, independent of their masses. Finally, the measurement scenarios are modeled using the MCNP-PoliMi code and good agreement is observed between the measured and the simulated pulse-height distributions. & 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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