Nuclear data for actinide production and depletion calculations

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:7020406

Benjamin, R. W.

The status of nuclear cross section data required for actinide depletion calculations in thermal reactors is summarized, and recommendations are made for future work. The primary fertile and fissile nuclides (/sup 232/Th, /sup 233/U, /sup 235/U, /sup 238/U, and /sup 239/Pu) are not reviewed. Nuclear data for the transactinium mass region are, with few exceptions, reasonably complete and adequate for current thermal-reactor depletion calculations. There is a real need, however, for well-documented reactor production studies to use as benchmarks for data testing. 3 figures, 6 tables.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, S.C. (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-09-0001
• OSTI ID: 7020406
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-78-39; CONF-780546-2; TRN: 78-015302
• Resource Relation: Conference: Seminar on nuclear data problems for thermal reactor applications, Upton, NY, USA, 22 May 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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NEUTRON REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
THERMAL REACTORS
REACTOR KINETICS
BURNUP
INFORMATION NEEDS
BARYON REACTIONS
HADRON REACTIONS
HEAVY NUCLEI
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NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON REACTIONS
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