RSICC DATA LIBRARY DLC-270

 

1.     NAME AND TITLE OF DATA LIBRARY

TSL-ACE/2013: Thermal Scattering Libraries processed to ACE format.

 

2.     NAME AND TITLE OF DATA RETRIEVAL PROGRAMS

NJOY-99.364 (NJOY 99.0 P00480MNYCP00).

 

3.     CONTRIBUTORS

Departamento de Ingenieria Nuclear, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain through the OECD NEA Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

 

4.     HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION

The TSL-ACE/2013 library (Thermal Scattering Libraries), developed at Departamento de Ingenieria Nuclear, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, was processed in the ACE format for use with Monte Carlo codes.

 

5.     APPLICATION OF THE DATA

Thermal Scattering Libraries have been reviewed and processed with the NJOY processing code to ACE format, to be used in MCNP(X). As a result, 727 files have been generated, one for each material and temperature in all libraries. To test these files, two kind of simulations have been performed using MCNPX: first, using an AmBe neutron source, and second, testing cases from SINBAD database.

 

6.    SOURCE AND SCOPE OF DATA

Thermal neutron scattering cross section data libraries, processed in ACE format to be used with MCNP. Format: ACE.
Number of groups: Continuous energy.
Processed Libraries: ENDF/B-VI.8, ENDF/B-VII.0, ENDF/B-VII.1, INDL-TSL, JEFF-3.1, JEFF-3.1.1, JEFF-3.1.2, JENDL-4.0, JENDL-4.0u
Nuclides:
• ENDF/B-VI.8: H in H2O, paraH, orthoH, H in ZrH, D in D2O, paraD, orthoD, Be metal, Be in BeO, graphite, liquid CH4, solid CH4, H in CH2, benzine, Zr in ZrH.
• ENDF/B-VII.0: H in H2O, paraH, orthoH, H in ZrH, D in D2O, paraD, orthoD, Be metal, Be in BeO, graphite, liquid CH4, solid CH4, H in CH2, benzine, O in BeO, U in UO2, Al, Fe, Zr in HZr, O in UO2.
• ENDF/B-VII.1: H in H2O, paraH, orthoH, H in ZrH, D in D2O, paraD, orthoD, Be metal, Be in BeO, graphite, liquid CH4, solid CH4, H in CH2, benzine, O in BeO, SiO2, U in UO2, Al, Fe, Zr in HZr, O in UO2.
• INDL-TSL: H in H2O, paraH, orthoH, H in ZrH, H in TiH2, H in YH2, H in CeH2, D in D2O, paraD, orthoD, graphite.
• JEFF-3.1.X: H in H2O, H in ZrH, H in CaH2, D in D2O, Be metal, graphite, H in CH2, Mg, Ca in CaH2.
• JENDL-4.0(u):H in H2O, paraH, orthoH, H in ZrH, D in D2O, paraD, orthoD, Be metal, Be in BeO, graphite, liquid CH4, solid CH4, H in CH2, benzine, Zr in ZrH.
Temperatures: The libraries have been processed using the same temperatures as the provided in the evaluated files. Each temperature is given in a separated ACE file. See the report for more details.

 

7.    DISCUSSION OF THE DATA RETRIEVAL PROGRAM

NJOY 99.364 (NJOY 99.0 P00480MNYCP00).

 

8.    DATA FORMAT AND COMPUTER

ALL

 

9.    TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

N/A.

 

10.    REFERENCES

a.         Documentation:

E. Castro and O. Cabellos: Thermal Scattering Libraries Processing to ACE format. Departamento de Ingenieria Nuclear. Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. December 2013.

 

b.         Other useful documentation:

R. E. MacFarlane: Understanding NJOY. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Lectures given at the Workshop on Nuclear Data and Nuclear Reactors: Physics, Design and Safety. Trieste, 13 March - 14 April 2000.

I. Kodeli, E. Sartori and B. Kirk: SINBAD - Shielding Benchmark Experiments - Status and Planned Activities. Proceedings of the ANS 14th Biennial Topical Meeting of Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, Carlsbad, New Mexico (April 3-6, 2006).

 

 

11.   CONTENTS OF LIBRARY

TSL-ACE/2013 is distributed on one CD containing documentation, reference material and data. TEXT,PDF(D00270MNYCP00)

 

12.     DATE OF ABSTRACT

April 2014.

 

            KEYWORDS:  MCNP FORMAT; EVALUATED NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS; NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS