The JEFF-3.0/A Neutron Activation File - New Features, Validation, and Usage
- CEA Cadarache, DEN/DER/SPRC, 13108 Saint Paul Lez Durance (France)
- Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group NRG, NL-1755 ZG Petten (Netherlands)
- UKAEA/EURATOM Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB (United Kingdom)
- JUKO Research, Kalmanstraat 4, 1817 HX Alkmaar (Netherlands)
The reasons for the conversion of the European Activation File, EAF into ENDF-6 format are threefold. First, it significantly enhances the JEFF-3.0 release by the addition of an activation file. Second, to considerably increase its usage by using a recognized, official file format, allowing existing plug-in processes to be effective; and third, to move towards a universal nuclear data file in contrast to the current separate general and special-purpose files. The format chosen for the JEFF-3.0/A file uses reaction cross sections (MF-3), cross sections (MF-10), and multiplicities (MF-9). Having the data in ENDF-6 format allows the ENDF suite of utilities and checker codes to be used alongside many other utility, visualizing, and processing codes. It is based on the EAF activation file used for many applications from fission to fusion, including dosimetry, inventories, depletion-transmutation, and geophysics. JEFF-3.0/A takes advantage of four generations of EAF files. Extensive benchmarking activities on these files provide feedback and validation with integral measurements. These, in parallel with a detailed graphical analysis based on EXFOR, have been applied stimulating new measurements, significantly increasing the quality of this activation file. The next step is to include the EAF uncertainty data for all channels into JEFF-3.0/A.
- OSTI ID:
- 20722533
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 769, Issue 1; Conference: International conference on nuclear data for science and technology, Santa Fe, NM (United States), 26 Sep - 1 Oct 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1944990; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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