2008/05/23 by Joseph Steiner, Joseph R. Steiner, Aaron Anderson +5
Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #Radioactive contamination and transfer #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0805.3665
4 pages 3 figures
arxiv created 2008/05/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
A neutron howitzer was used to produce 239Np from the targets of natural U and a hot rock. An intrinsic Germanium detector enabled the observations of the gamma rays in the decay of 239Np and a determination of its half life of 2.3 days. This shows that 239Pu had been produced in both targets