@inproceedings{a8f795875bc94030b926052ebe21249a,
title = "Elastic and inelastic neutron scattering cross sections for fission reactor applications",
abstract = "Nuclear data important for the design and development of the next generation of light-water reactors and future fast reactors include neutron elastic and inelastic scattering cross sections on important structural materials, such as Fe, and on coolant materials, such as Na. These reaction probabilities are needed since neutron reactions impact fuel performance during irradiations and the overall efficiency of reactors. While neutron scattering cross sections from these materials are available for certain incident neutron energies, the fast neutron region, particularly above 2 MeV, has large gaps for which no measurements exist, or the existing uncertainties are large. Measurements have been made at the University of Kentucky Accelerator Laboratory to measure neutron scattering cross sections on both Fe and Na in the region where these gaps occur and to reduce the uncertainties on scattering from the ground state and first excited state of these nuclei. Results from measurements on Fe at incident neutron energies between 2 and 4 MeV will be presented and comparisons will be made to model calculations available from data evaluators.",
keywords = "Elastic and inelastic neutron scattering differential cross sections, Neutron scattering",
author = "Hicks, {S. F.} and A. Chakraborty and B. Combs and Crider, {B. P.} and L. Downes and J. Girgis and Kersting, {L. J.} and A. Kumar and Lueck, {C. J.} and McDonough, {P. J.} and McEllistrem, {M. T.} and Peters, {E. E.} and Prados-Estevz, {F. M.} and J. Schniederjan and L. Sidwell and Sigillito, {A. J.} and Vanhoy, {J. R.} and D. Watts and Yates, {S. W.}",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1063/1.4802333",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735411487",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "276--281",
booktitle = "Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry - Twenty-Second International Conference",
note = "22nd International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, CAARI 2012 ; Conference date: 05-08-2012 Through 10-08-2012",
}