ZZ SINEX, 100 Neutron-Group Neutron Reaction Cross-Section Library from ENDF/B by SUPERTOG for ANISN

1 - Nature of physical problem solved: Format: ANISN; Number of groups: 100 group reaction cross sections for neutron interactions. Nuclides: H, D, He, He-3, Li-6, Li-7, Be-9, B-10, B-11, C-12, N-14, O-16, Na-23, Mg, Al-27, Si, Cl, K, Ca, V, Cr, Mn-55, Fe, Co-59, Ni, Cu, Cu-63, Cu-65, Nb, Mo, Ag-107, Ag-109, Xe-135, Cs-133, Sm-149, Eu-151, Eu-153, Gd, Dy-164, Lu-175, Lu-176, Ta-181, Ta-182, W-182, W-183, W-184, W-186, Re-185, Re-187, Au-197, Pb, Th-232, Pa-233, U-234, U-235, U-238, Pu-238, Pu-239, Pu-240, Pu-241, Pu-242, Am-241, Am-243, and Cm-244. Origin: ENDF/B; Weighting spectrum: For the top 99 groups, the explicit assumption was made that the flux (weighting function) has the shape of a fission spectrum jointed at 0.0674 MeV by a 1/E tail. For the thermal group (group 100), values for all materials except hydrogen were taken from the Maxwellian average values derived from the ENDF/B data. The data can be used in combination with 100 group neutron transport calculations (using, e. g., the DLC-2 library) to determine the spatial distribution of individual reaction rates. In particular, the retrieval program allows the preparation of dummy materials based on DLC-24 which can be used in the activity calculation option in ANISN to calculate the desired reaction rates. The library consists of 100 group reaction cross sections for neutron interactions as follows - total, elastic, inelastic, (n,2n), fission, (n,n'α), (n,n'3α), (n,2nα), absorption, (n,n'p), capture, (n,γ), (n,p), (n,d), (n,t), (n,He3), (n,α), (n,2α), and ν-bar. The units are barns, except that ν-bar is the average number of neutrons per fission event. A table listing the reactions included for each material is found in ref.1. The nuclides in DLC-24 are those which have been released as category I ENDF/B by the National Neutron Cross Section Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory. The library contains data for H, D, He, 3-He, 6-Li, 7-Li, 9-Be, 10-B, 11-B, 12-C, 14-N, 16-O, 23-Na, Mg, 27-Al, Si, Cl, K, Ca, V, Cr, 55-Mn, Fe, 59-Co, Ni, Cu, 63-Cu, 65-Cu, Nb, Mo, 107-Ag, 109-Ag, 135-Xe, 133-Cs, 149-Sm, 151-Eu, 153-Eu, Gd, 164-Dy, 175-Lu, 176-Lu, 181-Ta, 182-Ta, 182-W, 183-W, 184-W, 186-W, 185-Re, 187-Re, 197-Au, Pb, 232-Th, 233-Pa, 234-U, 235-U, 238-U, 238-Pu, 239-Pu, 240-Pu, 241-Pu, 242-Pu, 241-Am, 243-Am, and 244-Cm. 2 - Method of solution: DLC-24 was generated by SUPERTOG from nuclear data in either point-by-point or parametric representation as specified by ENDF/B. This data is averaged over each specified group width. For the top 99 groups, the explicit assumption was made that the flux (weighting function) has the shape of a fission spectrum jointed at 0.0674 MeV by a 1/E tail. When resonance data were available, resolved and unresolved resonance contributions were calculated, using the infinite dilution approximation. For the thermal group (group 100), values for all materials except hydrogen were taken from the Maxwellian average values derived from the ENDF/B data. The values for hydrogen are more consistent for hydrogen in water. It should be noted that these thermal group values are in some cases different from values used in the latest version of DLC-2