Study of induced activity of ¹⁶⁷Ho from different neutron capture paths

The main purpose of this study is to predict the induced activity of ¹⁶⁷Ho produced by ¹⁶⁵Ho(n,γ)^166mHo(n,γ)¹⁶⁷Ho, ¹⁶⁵Ho(n,γ)¹⁶⁶Ho(n,γ)¹⁶⁷Ho and ^166mHo(n,γ)¹⁶⁷Ho reactions to choose the best path to measure the cross section with lowest uncertainty. The activation and decay scheme was established starting from the ¹⁶⁵Ho target and considering single, double and triple neutron capture reactions. The activity results were deduced from differential activation equations and decay rates for all reaction products. The calculations were performed considering samples which were taken from a stock solution supplied by the Electrotechnical Laboratory (Japan) for purposes of an international comparison.