Test Suite for Nuclear Data I: Deterministic Calculations for Critical Assemblies and Replacement Coefficients

Pruet, J; Brown, D A; Descalle, M

doi:10.2172/900468

Title: Test Suite for Nuclear Data I: Deterministic Calculations for Critical Assemblies and Replacement Coefficients

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The authors describe tools developed by the Computational Nuclear Physics group for testing the quality of internally developed nuclear data and the fidelity of translations from ENDF formatted data to ENDL formatted data used by Livermore. These tests include S{sub n} calculations for the effective k value characterizing critical assemblies and for replacement coefficients of different materials embedded in the Godiva and Jezebel critical assemblies. For those assemblies and replacement materials for which reliable experimental information is available, these calculations provide an integral check on the quality of data. Because members of the ENDF and reactor communities use calculations for these same assemblies in their validation process, a comparison between their results with ENDF formatted data and their results with data translated into the ENDL format provides a strong check on the accuracy of translations. As a first application of the test suite they present a study comparing ENDL 99 and ENDF/B-V. They also consider the quality of the ENDF/B-V translation previously done by the Computational Nuclear Physics group. No significant errors are found.

Authors:: Pruet, J; Brown, D A; Descalle, M

Publication Date:: Mon May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2006

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 900468

Report Number(s):: UCRL-TR-221568
TRN: US0702337

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; ACCURACY; COMMUNITIES; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; TESTING; VALIDATION; ZERO POWER REACTORS

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                    Pruet, J, Brown, D A, and Descalle, M. Test Suite for Nuclear Data I: Deterministic Calculations for Critical Assemblies and Replacement Coefficients.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
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                    Pruet, J, Brown, D A, & Descalle, M. Test Suite for Nuclear Data I: Deterministic Calculations for Critical Assemblies and Replacement Coefficients.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/900468

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                    Pruet, J, Brown, D A, and Descalle, M. 2006.  
        "Test Suite for Nuclear Data I: Deterministic Calculations for Critical Assemblies and Replacement Coefficients".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/900468.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/900468.

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