Benchmark tests of JENDL-3 for thermal and fast reactors

Continuous efforts have been devoted to the benchmark tests of the Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library, revision 3 (JENDL-3), for a variety of thermal and fast reactors. The benchmark results show generally much adequate prediction of nuclear characteristics in comparison with those obtained by JENDL-2. It is concluded, especially, in the fast reactor bencmarks that space dependences of the ratios of calculation to experiment (C/E) for reaction rate distributions, sodium void reactivity worths and control rod worths are considerably improved by JENDL-3. The prediction of burnup characteristics for PWR spent fuel is satisfactory in comparing that of ORIGEN2