Study of cross sections for (n,p) reactions on Hf, Ta and W isotopes

Mustafa Yiğit

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109779

Study of cross sections for (n,p) reactions on Hf, Ta and W isotopes

Appl Radiat Isot. 2021 Aug:174:109779. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109779. Epub 2021 May 19.

Author

Mustafa Yiğit¹

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Science and Arts, Physics Dept., Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey. Electronic address: mustafayigit@aksaray.edu.tr.

PMID: 34044314
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109779

Abstract

In the nuclear energy applications, hafnium, tantalum and tungsten are desirable materials in the production of super alloys for design of a nuclear power plant. In this study, cross sections calculations via TALYS-1.95, CEM03.01 and ALICE/ASH codes on ¹⁷⁹Hf(n,p)¹⁷⁹Lu, ¹⁸⁰Hf(n,p)¹⁸⁰Lu, ¹⁸¹Ta(n,p)¹⁸¹Hf, ¹⁸²W(n,p)¹⁸²Ta, ¹⁸³W(n,p)¹⁸³Ta, ¹⁸⁴W(n,p)¹⁸⁴Ta and ¹⁸⁶W(n,p)¹⁸⁶Ta reactions were carried out to determine the effects of various level density models and pre-equilibrium models on excitation functions. Besides, we presented our calculation results using the different empirical systematics at 14.5 MeV. The present results are also compared with the experimental and the evaluated nuclear cross section data from TENDL-2019 and JEFF-3.3.

Keywords: Cross section; Hafnium; Pre-equilibrium model; Tantalum; Tungsten.