Study of the (n,2n) cross section of the 174Hf isotope

Cross section measurements of the 174 Hf(n, 2n) 173 Hf reaction have been carried out at the VdG Tandem accelerator of NCSR “Demokritos” in Athens, Greece in the neutron energy range 9.8–11.5 MeV, using the activation technique. Statistical model calculations based on the Hauser–Feshbach theory have also been performed by using the code EMPIRE-II with different sets of input parameters. The predictions were compared with the data of the present work as well as with data from literature.