Benchmark experiments to test plutonium and stainless steel cross sections. Topical report

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6282717

Jenquin, U P; Bierman, S R

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) commissioned Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) to ascertain the accuracy of the neutron cross sections for the isotopes of plutonium and the constituents of stainless steel and determine if improvements can be made in application to criticality safety analysis. NRC's particular area of interest is in the transportation of light-water reactor spent fuel assemblies. The project was divided into two tasks. The first task was to define a set of integral experimental measurements (benchmarks). The second task is to use these benchmarks in neutronics calculations such that the accuracy of ENDF/B-IV plutonium and stainless steel cross sections can be assessed. The results of the first task are given in this report. A set of integral experiments most pertinent to testing the cross sections has been identified and the code input data for calculating each experiment has been developed.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: DOE-EY-76-C-06-1830
• OSTI ID: 6282717
• Report Number(s): PB-283522; TRN: 79-014210
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
NEUTRON REACTIONS
TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS
PLUTONIUM
STAINLESS STEELS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
ACTINIDES
ALLOYS
BARYON REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
ELEMENTS
HADRON REACTIONS
INFORMATION
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
METALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
STEELS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
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