Parametric Study of Time-Dependent Corrosion Product Activity due to ⁵⁶Mn, ⁵⁸Co, and ⁶⁰Co in the Primary Coolant Circuit of a Typical Pressurized Water Reactor

Table 1

Activated corrosion products and their reaction properties [13].

Corrosion products	Reaction and neutron energy	Activation cross section and half-life
^56Mn	^55Mn(n, ) ^56Mn (En is thermal)	13.4 b (2.58 h)	9.2 × 10^13
^58Co	^58Ni(n, p) ^58Co (fast neutrons)	0.146 b (70.88 d)	9.02 × 10^13
^60Co	^59Co(n, ) ^60Co	20 b (5.3 y)	9.02 × 10^13