Effects of Excitation in Neutron Induced Fissile Isotopes of Uranium-235 Using the Coupled-Channelled Optical Model (OPTMAN) Code up to 20 MeV

Anthony, M.I.; Ige, O.O.; Rilwan, U; Folasanya, O.A.; Muhammed, A.A.; Angela, N.U.; El-Taher, Atef

doi:10.48309/ejst.2023.411420.1086

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors

¹ Department of Physics, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria

² Department of Physics, Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, Nigeria

³ Department of Physics, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

⁴ Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

⁵ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assuit 71452, Egypt

https://doi.org/10.48309/ejst.2023.411420.1086

Abstract

In this work, the neutron-induced fissile isotopes of Uranium-235 using the Coupled-Channelled Optical Model code (OPTMAN) code up to 20 MeV. The high demand for nuclear reactor fuels has necessitated this research. As one of the major naturally occurring radionuclides with lots of fuel prospect, Uranium-235 occur in 0.71%. Two steps process away from Uranium-235 of neutron capture can produce fissile materials to be used as reactor fuel. Though, Uranium-235 is not with them self a fissile material, but they are breeder reactor fuels. Computations were done for both the Potential Expanded by Derivatives (PED) which account for the Rigid-Rotor Model (RRM) that treat nuclei as rigid vibrating sphere as well as account for nuclear volume conservation and Rotational Model Potentials (RMP) which account for the Soft-Rotator Model (SRM) that treat nuclei as soft rotating spherical deformed shapes. Each of the calculated data was compared with the retrieved data from the Evaluated Nuclear Dada File (ENDF) which was found to be in good agreement. The threshold energies in all cases were found to be ≤ 4 MeV for both PED (Potential Expanded by Derivatives) and RMP (Rotational Model Potentials). It is observed that results from RMP much better agreed with the retrieved data than the one obtained from PED.

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Spectroscopy

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Effects of Excitation in Neutron Induced Fissile Isotopes of Uranium-235 Using the Coupled-Channelled Optical Model (OPTMAN) Code up to 20 MeV

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Volume 3, Issue 4
October 2023
Pages 203-210

Effects of Excitation in Neutron Induced Fissile Isotopes of Uranium-235 Using the Coupled-Channelled Optical Model (OPTMAN) Code up to 20 MeV

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Volume 3, Issue 4October 2023Pages 203-210

Volume 3, Issue 4
October 2023
Pages 203-210