Published 2006 | Version v1
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Comparison of results for the MCNP criticality validation suite using ENDF/B-VII and other nuclear data libraries

  • 1. Applied Physics Div., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
  • 2. Theoretical Div., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)

Description

The latest pre-release version of ENDF/B-VII ('ENDF/B-VII β-2') was made available for testing in April 2006. Calculations were performed for the 31 cases in the MCNP Criticality Validation Suite for ENDF/B-VII β-2, its predecessors ENDF/B-VII β-1 and ENDF/B-VI, and JENDL-3.3. Overall, β-2 produces results similar to β-1, but it produces substantially improved results relative to ENDF/B-VI and JENDL-3.3. However, calculations for some additional benchmarks indicate that further improvements still are needed in certain areas. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society - ANS
Imprint Place
La Grange Park (United States)
ISBN
0-89448-697-7
Imprint Pagination
11 p.

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics - Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation
Acronym
PHYSOR-2006
Dates
10-14 Sep 2006
Place
Vancouver, BC (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
43130026
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BENCHMARKS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CRITICALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR DATA COLLECTIONS; VALIDATION
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; EVALUATION; TESTING

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