Study of Proton-Induced Fission of Actinide Nuclei Between 20 and 80 Mev Bombarding Energies

Neutron and proton-induced fission studies on actinide nuclei, at low and intermediate energies, are of great interest for fundamental understanding of the fission processes and especially for applied nuclear research such as transmutation of long-lived radioactive wastes. As a first step of a long-range research program at Louvain-la-Neuve cyclotron facility, we have recently performed the measurements on the proton-induced fission reactions with ²³⁸U and ²³⁹Pu targets at 26.5 and 62.9 MeV bombarding energies. Some preliminary results are presented. Future measurements on other actinides are foreseen.