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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 8, 2010
EFNUDAT – Measurements and Models of Nuclear Reactions
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Article Number | 05003 | |
Number of page(s) | 1 | |
Section | Projects, Facilities | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100805003 | |
Published online | 28 October 2010 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100805003
Achievements and perspectives of ERAWAST
Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
The ERAWAST initiative (Exotic Radionuclides from Accelerator Waste for Science and Technology) was started at PSI in 2006 and is aimed to acquire resources from the PSI accelerator facilities for the preparation of rare long-lived radionuclides for several scientific purposes [1]. One of the application fields where such radionuclides like 60Fe, 53Mn, 44Ti, 26Al, 7/10Be are urgently needed is nuclear astrophysics.
First laboratory-scale separations have been carried out, with the result that two samples of around 1016 atoms of 60Fe each could be provided for experiments [2]. A re-determination of the half-life of 60Fe was performed with the first one [3], and the neutron capture cross section of 60Fe at stellar energies was measured for the first time [4] using the second one.
These successes encouraged us to put more efforts into the development of remote- controlled separation systems in order to gain higher amounts and the exploitation of new sources of the desired isotopes. These works are currently ongoing and for the first time, separation of about 5 GBq 7Be from the cooling water of the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source (SINQ) was succeeded. Moreover, about 50 g of 10Be are now available after its separation from graphite samples of the target E station at PSI [5]. Considerable amounts of 60Fe, 53Mn, 26Al and others from an irradiated copper beam dump can be expected in the near future.
In addition, a scientific program was originated to determine half-lives and neutron capture cross-section of astrophysical interesting radionuclides. In a first step a confirmation of the new measured 60Fe half-life in two independent experiments was started. First studies aimed to re-measure the half-life of 10Be are currently ongoing. Experiments to determine the neutron capture cross-section of 53Mn using cold and ultra-cold neutrons as well as its half-life at PSI are planned.
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