Corrosion products

Reaction and neutron energy*

Activation cross-section and half-life

g-ray energy MeV (Intensity %)*

24Na

27Al(n, α)24Na

(En > 11.6 MeV)

23Na(n, g)24Na

(En is thermal)

6 × 10−8 barn

(5.3989 × 104 s)

0.53 × 10−4 barn

(5.3989 × 104 s)

1.368 (99.994)

2.754 (99.855)

56Mn

55Mn(n, g)56Mn

(En is thermal)

13.4 barn

(9.2808 × 103 s)

0.8467 (98.85)

1.8107 (26.9)

2.1131 (14.2)

2.5231 (1.02)

59Fe

58Fe(n, g)59Fe

(En is thermal)

0.9 × 10−4 barn

(1.6018 × 105 s)

0.1426 (1.02)

0.1923 (3.08)

1.0992 (56.5)

1.2916 (43.2)

60Co

59Co(n, g)60Co

2 × 10−3 barn

(1.6638 × 108 s)

1.1732 (99.85)

1.3325 (99.98)

99Mo

98Mo(n, g)99Mo

En > 3.1 MeV

0.45 × 10−4 barn

(2.3751 × 105 s)

0.1811 (6.14)

0.3664 (1.20)

0.7395 (12.26)

0.7779 (4.3)