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  2. Californium - Wikipedia

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    Neutron moisture gauges use 252 Cf to find water and petroleum layers in oil wells, as a portable neutron source for gold and silver prospecting for on-the-spot analysis, [21] and to detect ground water movement. [65] The main uses of 252 Cf in 1982 were, reactor start-up (48.3%), fuel rod scanning (25.3%), and activation analysis (19.4%). [66]

  3. Neutron source - Wikipedia

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    Some isotopes undergo spontaneous fission (SF) with emission of neutrons.The most common spontaneous fission source is the isotope californium-252. 252 Cf and all other SF neutron sources are made by irradiating uranium or a transuranic element in a nuclear reactor, where neutrons are absorbed in the starting material and its subsequent reaction products, transmuting the starting material into ...

  4. Isotopes of californium - Wikipedia

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    Californium-252 production diagram. Californium-252 (Cf-252, 252 Cf) undergoes spontaneous fission with a branching ratio of 3.09% and is used in small neutron sources. Fission neutrons have an energy range of 0 to 13 MeV with a mean value of 2.3 MeV and a most probable value of 1 MeV. [11]

  5. Californium neutron flux multiplier - Wikipedia

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    A californium neutron flux multiplier (CFX) is a source of neutrons for research purposes. It contains a small amount of californium-252 and several plates of highly enriched uranium (uranium-235) in a subcritical configuration. As the californium undergoes spontaneous nuclear decay, it

  6. Startup neutron source - Wikipedia

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    The primary sources are removed from the reactor after the first fuel campaign, usually after a few months, as neutron capture resulting from the thermal neutron flux in an operating reactor changes the composition of the isotopes used, reducing their useful lifetime as neutron sources. Californium-252 (spontaneous fission)

  7. Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 21, 2011 - Wikipedia

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    Californium-252, whose half-life is 2.645 years, is the most common isotope used. Californium can be used to help start up nuclear reactors , and is employed as a source of neutrons when studying materials with neutron diffraction and neutron spectroscopy .

  8. Minor actinide - Wikipedia

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    The most important isotopes of these elements in spent nuclear fuel are neptunium-237, americium-241, americium-243, curium-242 through -248, and californium-249 through -252. Plutonium and the minor actinides will be responsible for the bulk of the radiotoxicity and heat generation of spent nuclear fuel in the long term (300 to 20,000 years in ...

  9. Isotopes of nobelium - Wikipedia

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    This reaction was studied in 1970 at the FLNR. It was used to study the SF decay properties of 252 No. 233 U(22 Ne,xn) 255−x No. The synthesis of neutron deficient nobelium isotopes was studied in 1975 at the FLNR. In their experiments they observed a 250 s SF activity, which they tentatively assigned to 250 No in the 5n exit channel. Later ...