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DLC-0184 ZZ-VITAMIN-B6.

ZZ VITAMIN-B6, Fine-Group Cross-Section Library from ENDF/B-VI.3 for Radiation Transport

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  ZZ-VITAMIN-B6.
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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name Package id Status Status date
ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 DLC-0184/01 Tested 30-APR-1997

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
DLC-0184/01 Many Computers DEC ALPHA W.S.
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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION


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FORMAT: AMPX

NUMBER OF GROUPS: 199 neutron and 42 gamma-ray groups

MATERIALS: H1(H2O), H1(CH2), H2(D2O), H3, He3, He4, Li6, Li7, Be9, Be9(thermal), B10, B11, C, C(Graphite), N14, N15, O16, O17, F19, Na23, Mg, Al27, Si, P31, S, S32, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr50, Cr53, Cr54, Mn55, Fe54, Fe56, Fe57, Fe58, Co59, Ni58, Ni60, Ni61, Ni62, Ni64, Cu63, Cu65, Ga, Y89, Zr, Zirc-2, Nb93, Mo, Ag107, Ag109, Cd, In, Sn, Eu151, Eu152, Eu153, Eu154, Eu155, Hf174, Hf176, Hf177, Hf178, Hf179, Hf180, Ba138, Ta181, Ta182, W, W182, W184, W186, Re185, Re187, Au197, Pb206, Pb207, Pb208, Bi209, Th230, Th232, Pa231, Pa233, U232, U233, U234, U235, U236, U237, U238, Np237, Np238, Np239, Pu237, Pu238, Pu239, Pu240, Pu241, Pu242, Pu243, Pu244, Am241, Am242, Am242m, Am243, Cm241, Cm242, Cm243, Cm244. Cm245, Cm246, Cm247, Cm248.

ORIGIN: ENDF/B-VI; LENDL for Sn; ENDF/B-IV for Zirc-2

WEIGHTING SPECTRUM:
From 10-5 ev to 0.125 eV     -> Maxwellian Thermal Spectrum
From 0.125 eV to 820.8 keV   -> "1/E" Slowing-Down Spectrum
From 820.8 keV to 20.0 MeV   -> Fission Spectrum

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The successful use of DLC-0041/ZZ-VITAMIN-C, which was based on ENDF/B-IV, and DLC-0113/ZZ-VITAMIN-E, which was based on ENDF/B-V, to a variety of radiation transport problems led to the development  of specifications for ZZ-VITAMIN-B6.
This new multigroup cross-section library based on ENDF/B-VI Release 3 data was produced and tested for light water reactor shielding and reactor pressure vessel dosimetry applications. Significant benchmark data testing of ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 was an integral  part of this development work to accelerate the qualification. Over  50 Benchmarks were calculated using the ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 library. In general, results using the new data show significant improvements relative to earlier ENDF data.
The successful application of ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 to LWR pressure vessel  fluence calculations has been demonstrated. It is expected that the  range of applications will be similar to previous multigroup cross section development efforts using the VITAMIN concept (generation of fine-group, pseudo problem-independent data). In the past, the VITAMIN concept has proven to be a very effective approach for fusion reactor neutronics, LMFBR core physics analysis, radiation effects of nuclear weapons, and light water reactor shielding and dosimetry. This new fine-group, pseudo problem- independent, cross-section library contains 120 nuclides. Several dosimetry response functions and kerma factors for all 120 nuclides are also included with the library. Unlike previous VITAMIN series data libraries, ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 contains multigroup cross sections with thermal upscattering.
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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 is derived from ENDF/B-VI nuclear data, except for two nuclides (Sn obtained from LENDL and Zirc2 obtained from ENDF/B-IV). The responses and kerma factors were also  derived primarily from ENDF/B-VI. The ENDF data were processed with  the PSR-0355/NJOY94 code system and converted to AMPX master library format with the SMILER module of PSR-0315/AMPX77.
The actual 199 neutron group boundaries in ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 were selected from 175 groups in VITAMIN-J (a European library based on the VITAMIN-C and VITAMIN-E structures) and the 27 groups used in the SCALE shielding library, with deference given to the VITAMIN-J boundaries at higher energies when the energy values are slightly different. The thermal energy range, which contains 36 neutron groups, is defined with 5.043 eV as the uppermost boundary.
The photon energy group structure is based on a combination of the  42 gamma-ray groups in VITAMIN-J and the 18 groups in the SCALE shielding library. The top energy group extends to 30 MeV, which allows proper representation of high energy gamma rays from neutron  capture at high energies. Although the cross-section for capture at  neutron energies between 20 and 30 MeV is small, such a reaction in  some materials could produce gamma rays with energies between 20 and 30 MeV (VITAMIN-E gamma-ray groups only went up to 20 MeV).
  Tables provide information on file contents.
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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Run times are problem dependent. The test cases were run at RSICC on an IBM RS/6000 using modules from the SCAMPI package. The ctrb6 case ran in about 4 minutes. The zpr1 case ran in about 5 minutes, and the zpr2 case ran in about 10 minutes.
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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:
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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

Modules from PSR-0352/SCAMPI, which is a subset of PSR-0315/AMPX77 with some improvements from CCC-0545/SCALE/4.3, were used to read the ASCII files, convert them  to binary, and run test cases. The AIM program, which is included in each of these three packages, reads the formatted data and writes them as unformatted records.
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
DLC-0184/01 30-APR-1997 Screened
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10. REFERENCES

- D.T. Ingersoll et al.:
  Production and Testing of the VITAMIN-B6 Fine-Group and the
  BUGLE-93 Broad-Group Neutron/Photon Cross-Section Libraries
  Derived from ENDF/B-VI Nuclear Data
  ORNL-6795, NUREG/CR-6214 (January 1995)
DLC-0184/01, included references:
- RSICC:
  READ.ME (December 1996)
- J.E. White et al.:
  VITAMIN-B6: A Fine-Group Cross Section Library Based on ENDF/B-VI
  for Radiation Transport Applications,
  from Proceeding of the International Conference on Nuclear Data
  for Science and Technology, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, pp.733-736
  (May 1994)
- J.E. White et al.:
  BUGLE-96: A Revised Multigroup Cross Section Library for LWR
  Applications Based on ENDF/B-VI Release 3,
  (presented at the Amercian Nuclear Society Radiation Protection
  & Shielding Topical Meeting, April 21-25, 1996, Falmouth, MA)
  (April 1996)
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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

DLC-184/01: The packaged files were installed at the NEA Data Bank on a DEC 3000 Model 300x Alpha Workstation. The ASCII library files  require about 200,Bytes of disk space.
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
No specified programming language
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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

Contributed by:
                Radiation Safety Information Computational Center
                Oak Ridge National Laboratory
                Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U. S. A.

Developed by:
                Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
                Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
DLC-0184/01
File name File description Records
DLC0184_01.001 Information file of library ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 423
DLC0184_01.002 Auxiliary C-shell script for installation 182
DLC0184_01.003 RSIC Notes on ZZ-VITAMIN-B6 29
DLC0184_01.004 RSIC Notes on ZZ-VITAMIN-B6, CD-ROM distrib. 42
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DLC0184_01.132 Message/Error logging file (problem ZPR 1) 8
DLC0184_01.133 Input file (sample problem ZPR part 2) 26
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DLC0184_01.135 Message/Error logging file (problem ZPR 2) 2
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17. CATEGORIES
  • J. Gamma Heating and Shield Design
  • Z. Data

Keywords: cross sections, data library, multigroup.