Table 7 Measured specific saturation activities as compared to the calculated values obtained with the two methods for epithermal neutron self shielding correction
From: Estimation of 99Mo production rates from natural molybdenum in research reactors
| Measured saturation activities | Measured over calculated sat.act. Ratios | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant country | Trkov | Chilian | ||||||||||
| Mo2O3 | Unc | Slab 1 × 1 cm | Unc | Slab 1 × 5 cm | Unc | Mo2O3 | Slab 1 × 1 cm | Slab 1 × 5 cm | Mo2O3 | Slab 1 × 1 cm | Slab 1 × 5 cm | |
| Ci/g | % | Ci/g | % | Ci/g | % | Ci/g | Ci/g | Ci/g | Ci/g | Ci/g | Ci/g | |
| Chile | 3.21E−02 | 4.0 | 3.24E−02 | 4.0 | 3.21E−02 | 4.0 | 0.931 | 1.034 | 1.034 | 0.915 | 0.982 | 0.973 |
| Egypt | 1.59E−03 | 0.3 | 1.47E−03 | 0.4 | 1.49E−03 | 1.3 | 1.011 | 0.977 | 0.992 | 1.008 | 0.966 | 0.979 |
| Hungary | 1.63E+00 | 0.4 | 1.45E+00 | 0.4 | 1.46E+00 | 0.4 | 1.040 | 1.133 | 1.172 | 0.995 | 0.986 | 0.993 |
| Kazachstan | 6.25E−01 | 3.0 | 5.62E−01 | 2.0 | 5.79E−01 | 2.0 | 1.831 | 1.695 | 1.746 | 1.833 | 1.697 | 1.748 |
| Malaysia | 6.85E−02 | 15.0 | 7.49E−02 | 5.5 | 8.27E−02 | 9.0 | 0.888 | 1.118 | 1.255 | 0.862 | 1.023 | 1.130 |
| Morocco | 5.75E−02 | 0.9 | 5.32e−02 | 1.0 | 4.75E−02 | 1.0 | 1.003 | 1.131 | 1.034 | 0.961 | 0.990 | 0.883 |
| NL BBB | 4.49E−01 | 2.0 | 4.42E−01 | 2.0 | 1.079 | 1.094 | 0.923 | 0.909 | ||||
| NL BP3 | 4.27E−02 | 1.4 | 1.015 | 0.996 | ||||||||
| Peru | 5.46E−02 | 3.0 | 5.38E−02 | 3.0 | 5.26E−02 | 3.0 | 0.877 | 0.989 | 0.982 | 0.853 | 0.910 | 0.889 |
| Portugal | 1.72E−02 | 8.0 | 1.21E−02 | 8.0 | 1.32E−02 | 8.0 | 1.221 | 0.949 | 1.046 | 1.199 | 0.898 | 0.980 |
| Romania | 1.04E−01 | 1.5 | 1.02E−01 | 6.0 | 9.60E−02 | 1.5 | 0.833 | 0.950 | 0.911 | 0.807 | 0.863 | 0.812 |
| Slovenia | 1.45E−02 | 0.7 | 1.19E−02 | 0.6 | 1.28E−02 | 0.5 | 1.004 | 0.992 | 1.092 | 0.965 | 0.876 | 0.942 |
| Ukraine | 1.55E+00 | 3.0 | 1.44E+00 | 3.0 | 1.38E+00 | 3.0 | 1.305 | 1.298 | 1.251 | 1.290 | 1.254 | 1.201 |
| Vietnam beam | 7.50E−09 | 2.0 | 8.40E−09 | 2.0 | 7.30E−09 | 2.0 | 0.887 | 1.024 | 0.890 | 0.887 | 1.024 | 0.890 |
| Vietnam trap | 1.89E−01 | 2.1 | 1.85E−01 | 2.0 | 1.88E−01 | 2.1 | 1.550 | 1.709 | 1.760 | 1.514 | 1.592 | 1.618 |