Summary of ND measurements, 2004 (generally beyond direct WPEC contacts); Report from IAEA

Concern has been expressed following the adoption of average β and γ energies taken from TAGS (total absorption gamma-ray spectrometry) for decay-heat calculations (Yoshida et al., 2004). As a consequence of these difficulties, experimental efforts are being made to resolve the current uncertainties in the β-strength distributions of some of the most relevant decayheat radionuclides and to address other uncertain features of nuclear structure (Algora et al., 2002 and 2004).