Measurement of ²⁴⁸Cm/²⁵²Cf spontaneous prompt fission neutron spectrum

In order to treat the waste material of nuclear power and develop new type of clean nuclear power, it is necessary to measure the neutron data of long half life nuclei existed in the waste material. The prompt spontaneous neutron spectrum is one of the most important nuclear data for new type nuclear power facilities as well as for understanding the mechanism of fission neutron emission. The measurements of ²⁴⁸Cm/²⁵²Cf spontaneous prompt fission neutron spectrum in the neutron energy range from 200keV to 12MeV were performed by using TOF method. A micro-ionization chamber was used as fission fragment detector and stibene crystal as neutron detector. The flying paths of neutrons for the measurements were 30 cm, 50cm and 100cm respectively. The spontaneous prompt fission neutron spectrum of ²⁴⁸Cm was fitted by the Maxwellian distribution and the temperature was determined as (1.401 ± 0.006)MeV in the corresponding neutron energy range.