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60 Years of U: Perspectives on resources, demand, and the evolving role of nuclear energy
Recent years have seen growing global interest in nuclear energy and rising confidence in the sector. For the first time since the early 2000s, there is renewed optimism about the industry’s future. This change is driven by several major factors: geopolitical developments that highlight the need for secure energy supplies, a stronger focus on resilient energy systems, national commitments to decarbonization, and rising demand for clean and reliable electricity.
J. B. Garg
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 65 | Number 1 | January 1978 | Pages 76-92
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27128
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High-resolution total neutron cross-section measurements in natural vanadium. manganese, and cobalt were made in the energy range up to a few hundred keV with the Columbia University Nevis neutron velocity spectrometer using a 200-m flight path and a nominal resolution of 0.5 ns/m. These cross-section data were analyzed with an R-matrix multilevel code, and the resonance parameters (Eλ, Γπ. S0, 〈D〉) were obtained. In addition, making use of the published thermal energy data, the parameters of the bound levels were determined. From these measurements the values of S0 up to 215-keV neutron energy for vanadium [ = 8.62 ± 2.45, = 8.79 ± 2.50, and = 8.7 ± 1.81; up to 200 keV for manganese [ = 3.10 ± 0.70, = 4.75 ± 1.10, and = 3.93 ± 0.651, and up to 80 keV for cobalt [ = 4.02 ± 0.96, = 2.94 ± 0.75. and = 3.48 ± 0.65 in units of 10−4 eV−1/2] have been obtained. The corresponding mean level spacings up to 215 keV for vanadium are = 8.7 ± 1.25 keV and = 8.33 ± 1.25 keV, up to 100 keV for manganese are = 3.85 ± 0.55 keV and = 4.00 ± 0.59 keV, and up to 80 keV for cobalt are = 2.29 ± 0.28 keV and = 2.67 ± 0.36 keV. The value of spin cut-off factor a is found to vary from 2.7 to 4 for these nuclei. These results do not show any J dependence on the strength function.