Effects of fission yield data in the calculation of antineutrino spectra for U235(n,fission) at thermal and fast neutron energies

Sonzogni, A. A.; McCutchan, E. A.; Johnson, T. D.; Dimitriou, P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.132502

Title: Effects of fission yield data in the calculation of antineutrino spectra for ${}^{235}U (n, fission)$ at thermal and fast neutron energies

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.132502· OSTI ID:1337617

Sonzogni, A. A. ^[1]; McCutchan, E. A. ^[1]; Johnson, T. D. ^[1]; Dimitriou, P. ^[2]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)

Fission yields form an integral part of the prediction of antineutrino spectra generated by nuclear reactors, but little attention has been paid to the quality and reliability of the data used in current calculations. Following a critical review of the thermal and fast ENDF/B-VII.1 ²³⁵U fission yields, deficiencies are identified and improved yields are obtained, based on corrections of erroneous yields, consistency between decay and fission yield data, and updated isomeric ratios. These corrected yields are used to calculate antineutrino spectra using the summation method. An anomalous value for the thermal fission yield of ⁸⁶Ge generates an excess of antineutrinos at 5–7 MeV, a feature which is no longer present when the corrected yields are used. Thermal spectra calculated with two distinct fission yield libraries (corrected ENDF/B and JEFF) differ by up to 6% in the 0–7 MeV energy window, allowing for a basic estimate of the uncertainty involved in the fission yield component of summation calculations. Lastly, the fast neutron antineutrino spectrum is calculated, which at the moment can only be obtained with the summation method and may be relevant for short baseline reactor experiments using highly enriched uranium fuel.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704; AC02-98CH10886

OSTI ID:: 1337617

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1245040

Report Number(s):: BNL-108548-2016-JA; PRLTAO; R&D Project: EST-003-NEFA; KB0301041

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 13; ISSN 0031-9007

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