Published 1900
NDS Staff Publication
Prompt-fission observable and fission yield calculations for actinides by TALYS
Description
The nuclear reaction code TALYS adopts the Hauser-Feshbach statistical decay
theory, to de-excite fission fragments. This involves the evaporation of prompt
fission neutrons and gamma-rays. TALYS incorporates a database of primary fission
fragment distribution which consists of primary fission fragment yield and data
for excitation energy distribution of fission fragments. We conducted a sensitivity
study on three parameters in TALYS and fitted them in order to reproduce
experimental and evaluated data, in thermal neutron-induced fission of 235U.
Moreover, we demonstrate a large-scale calculation of average prompt neutron
and gamma-ray multiplicities for 243 selected actinide isotopes.