The fission cross sections of 246–248Cm nuclei for neutron energies 0.1 eV–20 keV have been measured using an SVZ-100 lead moderation time neutron spectrometer at the Institute of Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The fission resonance integrals have been calculated. The results are compared with the existing data and recommended evaluations.
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Alekseev, A.A., Bergman, A.A., Berlev, A.I. et al. 246–248Cm Neutron fission cross sections and resonance integrals. At Energy 109, 408–416 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-011-9376-6
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