Evaluations of Energy Spectra of Neutrons Emitted Promptly in Neutron-induced Fission of 235 U and 239 Pu

Neudecker, Denise; Talou, Patrick; Kawano, Toshihiko; Kahler, Albert C.; White, Morgan C.; Taddeucci, Terry N.; Haight, Robert C.; Kiedrowski, Brian; O'Donnell, John M.; Gomez, Jaime A.; Kelly, Keegan J.; Devlin, Matthew; Rising, Michael E.

doi:10.1016/j.nds.2018.02.006

Title: Evaluations of Energy Spectra of Neutrons Emitted Promptly in Neutron-induced Fission of 235 U and 239 Pu

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The energy spectra of neutrons emitted promptly in the neutron-induced fission reactions of ²³⁵U and ²³⁹Pu were re-evaluated for ENDF/B-VIII.0. The evaluations presented here are based on a careful modeling of all relevant physics processes, an extensive analysis of experimental data and a detailed quantification of pertinent uncertainties. Energy spectra of neutrons emitted in up to fourth chance fission are considered and both compound and pre-equilibrium processes are included. Also, important nuclear model parameters, such as the average total kinetic energy of the fission fragments and the multiple chance fission probabilities, and their uncertainties are estimated based on experimental knowledge, model information and evaluated data. In addition to experimental information already available for ENDF/B-VII.1, these new evaluations make use of recently published experimental data either of high precision or spanning a broad incident energy range, information on legacy measurements explaining discrepancies and recently measured data of the average total kinetic energy as a function of incident neutron energy. The resulting evaluated data and covariances agree well with the experimental database used for the evaluation. However, the evaluated spectra are softer than the ²³⁵U and ²³⁹Pu ENDF/B-VII.1, JENDL-4.0 and JEFF-3.2 evaluations for incident neutron energies E_inc ≤ 1.5 MeV and E_incmore »« less

Authors:

^[1]; Talou, Patrick ^[1];

^[1]; Kahler, Albert C. ^[1];

^[1]; Taddeucci, Terry N. ^[1]; Haight, Robert C. ^[1]; Kiedrowski, Brian ^[2]; O'Donnell, John M. ^[1];

^[1]; Kelly, Keegan J. ^[1];

^[1];

^[1]

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-02-01

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1427374

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-25589
Journal ID: ISSN 0090-3752; TRN: US1802585

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Data Sheets

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 148; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0090-3752

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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                    Neudecker, Denise, Talou, Patrick, Kawano, Toshihiko, Kahler, Albert C., White, Morgan C., Taddeucci, Terry N., Haight, Robert C., Kiedrowski, Brian, O'Donnell, John M., Gomez, Jaime A., Kelly, Keegan J., Devlin, Matthew, and Rising, Michael E. Evaluations of Energy Spectra of Neutrons Emitted Promptly in Neutron-induced Fission of 235 U and 239 Pu.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Neudecker, Denise, Talou, Patrick, Kawano, Toshihiko, Kahler, Albert C., White, Morgan C., Taddeucci, Terry N., Haight, Robert C., Kiedrowski, Brian, O'Donnell, John M., Gomez, Jaime A., Kelly, Keegan J., Devlin, Matthew, & Rising, Michael E. Evaluations of Energy Spectra of Neutrons Emitted Promptly in Neutron-induced Fission of 235 U and 239 Pu.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2018.02.006

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                    Neudecker, Denise, Talou, Patrick, Kawano, Toshihiko, Kahler, Albert C., White, Morgan C., Taddeucci, Terry N., Haight, Robert C., Kiedrowski, Brian, O'Donnell, John M., Gomez, Jaime A., Kelly, Keegan J., Devlin, Matthew, and Rising, Michael E. Thu .  
"Evaluations of Energy Spectra of Neutrons Emitted Promptly in Neutron-induced Fission of 235 U and 239 Pu".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2018.02.006.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1427374.

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@article{osti_1427374,

  title        = {Evaluations of Energy Spectra of Neutrons Emitted Promptly in Neutron-induced Fission of 235 U and 239 Pu},

  author       = {Neudecker, Denise and Talou, Patrick and Kawano, Toshihiko and Kahler, Albert C. and White, Morgan C. and Taddeucci, Terry N. and Haight, Robert C. and Kiedrowski, Brian and O'Donnell, John M. and Gomez, Jaime A. and Kelly, Keegan J. and Devlin, Matthew and Rising, Michael E.},

  abstractNote = {The energy spectra of neutrons emitted promptly in the neutron-induced fission reactions of 235U and 239Pu were re-evaluated for ENDF/B-VIII.0. The evaluations presented here are based on a careful modeling of all relevant physics processes, an extensive analysis of experimental data and a detailed quantification of pertinent uncertainties. Energy spectra of neutrons emitted in up to fourth chance fission are considered and both compound and pre-equilibrium processes are included. Also, important nuclear model parameters, such as the average total kinetic energy of the fission fragments and the multiple chance fission probabilities, and their uncertainties are estimated based on experimental knowledge, model information and evaluated data. In addition to experimental information already available for ENDF/B-VII.1, these new evaluations make use of recently published experimental data either of high precision or spanning a broad incident energy range, information on legacy measurements explaining discrepancies and recently measured data of the average total kinetic energy as a function of incident neutron energy. The resulting evaluated data and covariances agree well with the experimental database used for the evaluation. However, the evaluated spectra are softer than the 235U and 239Pu ENDF/B-VII.1, JENDL-4.0 and JEFF-3.2 evaluations for incident neutron energies Einc ≤ 1.5 MeV and Einc ≤ 5 MeV, respectively. For Einc > 5 MeV, the evaluated spectra show structures due to the improved modeling which are not present in ENDF/B-VII.1 and JEFF-3.2 but can be observed in JENDL-4.0 evaluations. Part of these new evaluations were adopted for ENDF/B-VIII.0, while the ENDF/B-VII.1 239Pu PFNS was retained for Einc ≤ 5 MeV awaiting more conclusive experimental evidence.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nds.2018.02.006},

  journal      = {Nuclear Data Sheets},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 148,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {2}

}

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