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The results of investigations of the representation of the fission neutron spectra of235U,239Pu, and252Cf and neutron spectra at the core center of fast reactors as a superposition of five Weisskopf functions are presented. This representation best reflects the physics of nuclear fission and shows that the spectra at the core center of fast reactors are reconstructed with an error close to the error of the best studied spectra in the worldwide practice of neutron measurements. 3 tables, 13 references.
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All-Russia Scientific-Research Institute of Physical-Technical and Radio Engineering Measurements. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 88, No. 4, pp. 292–299, April, 2000.
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Sevast'yanov, V.D. Representation of the fission neutron spectrum of235U,239Pu, and252Cf and the reactor spectrum as a superposition of five inelastic scattering functions. At Energy 88, 303–309 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673615
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673615