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NEA-1740 ZZ-MATJEF22.BOLIB.

ZZ MATJEF22.BOLIB, JEF-2.2 Multigr Coupled (199n + 42gamma) X-Section Lib. in MATXS Fmt for Nuclear Fission Applications

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  ZZ-MATJEF22.BOLIB.
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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name Package id Status Status date
ZZ-MATJEF22.BOLIB NEA-1740/01 Tested 20-MAY-2009

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
NEA-1740/01 ALPHA WORKSTATION ALPHA WORKSTATION
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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

MATJEF22.BOLIB /1/ is a multigroup coupled (199 neutron groups + 42 photon groups) pseudo-problem-independent cross section library in MATXS format for nuclear fission applications. MATJEF22.BOLIB is based on the JEF-2.2 /2/ European nuclear data file and it was processed, through the NJOY /3/ system, in the VITAMIN-B6 /4/ group structure using the same parameters and calculation procedures.
  
ORIGINAL NUCLEAR DATA FILE: JEF-2.2
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS: NJOY-94.66
FORMAT: MATXS
NUMBER OF GROUPS: 199 neutron groups and 42 photon groups
THERMAL NEUTRON GROUPS: 36 groups below 5.043 eV with upscatter cross sections
NEUTRON ENERGY RANGE: 1.0E-5 eV - 19.64 MeV
PHOTON ENERGY RANGE: 1.0 keV - 30.0 MeV
TEMPERATURES [K]: 300, 600, 1000, and 2100 (same values as in VITAMIN-B6)
BACKGROUND CROSS SECTIONS (SIGMA-ZEROs) [barns]:
  1, 10, 50, 100, 300, 1.0E+3, 1.0E+4,
1.0E+5, 1.0E+6, 1.0E+10 (infinite dilution) (same values as in VITAMIN-B6)
LEGENDRE ORDER: P7 for materials with Z < /= 29 (copper); P5 for the remainders
NUMBER OF MATERIALS: 138
MATERIALS INCLUDED: one file per material (nat=natural):
  
H-H2O    H-CH2   H2-D2O  H-3     He-3    He-4    Li-6    Li-7   
Be-9     Be-TH   B-10    B-11    C-nat   C-GPH   N-14    N-15   
O-16     O-17    F-19    Na-23   Mg-nat  Al-27   Si-nat  P-31   
S-32     S-33    S-34    S-36    Cl-nat  K-nat   Ca-nat  Ti-nat
V-nat    Cr-50   Cr-52   Cr-53   Cr-54   Mn-55   Fe-54   Fe-56  
Fe-57    Fe-58   Co-59   Ni-58   Ni-60   Ni-61   Ni-62   Ni-64  
Cu-nat   Ga-nat  Y-89    Zr-nat  Nb-93   Mo-nat  Ag-107  Ag-109
Cd-nat   Cd-106  Cd-110  Cd-111  Cd-112  Cd-113  Cd-114  Cd-115m
Cd-116   In-113  In-115  Sn-112  Sn-114  Sn-115  Sn-116  Sn-117
Sn-118   Sn-119  Sn-120  Sn-122  Sn-123  Sn-124  Sn-125  Sn-126
Ba-138   Eu-151  Eu-152  Eu-153  Eu-154  Eu-155  Hf-174  Hf-176
Hf-177   Hf-178  Hf-179  Hf-180  Ta-181  Ta-182  W-182   W-183  
W-184    W-186   Re-185  Re-187  Au-197  Pb-nat  Bi-209  Th-230
Th-232   Pa-231  Pa-233  U-232   U-233   U-234   U-235   U-236  
U-237    U-238   Np-237  Np-238  Np-239  Pu-236  Pu-237  Pu-238
Pu-239   Pu-240  Pu-241  Pu-242  Pu-243  Pu-244  Am-241  Am-242
Am-242m  Am-243  Cm-241  Cm-242  Cm-243  Cm-244  Cm-245  Cm-246
Cm-247   Cm-248  
  
    
NEUTRON WEIGHTING SPECTRUM:
  
Corresponding to the IWT=4 input option in the GROUPR module of NJOY:
from 1.0E-5 eV to 0.125 eV -> Maxwellian thermal spectrum (kT = 0.025 eV)
from 0.125 eV to 820.8 keV  -> '1/E' slowing-down spectrum
from 820.8 keV to 19.64 MeV -> fission spectrum (fission temperature = 1.273 MeV)
  
PHOTON WEIGHTING SPECTRUM:
  
Corresponding to the IWT=3 input option in the GAMINR module of NJOY:
'1/E' spectrum with a 'roll-off' at lower energies to represent photoelectric absorption and a similar 'drop-off' at higher energies corresponding to the Q-value for neutron capture.
  
The prompt neutron fission spectra for U-235, U-238 and Pu-239 are included in tabulated form in the package together with the neutron and photon group energy boundaries, the neutron and photon group lethargy boundaries and the neutron and photon group lethargy widths.
The neutron and photon energy weighting spectra in group representation are also included in the package.
Detector response functions are at present not included in the library package.
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4. METHODS

The ENEA-Bologna Nuclear Data Centre produced the MATJEF22.BOLIB library within the framework of a co-operation with specialists of the Obninsk Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE-Obninsk, Russian Federation). The MATJEF22.BOLIB library for nuclear fission applications was conceived as an European counterpart of the VITAMIN-B6 American library, based on the ENDF/B-VI Release 3 nuclear data file. The present library has in particular the same group structure and the general features as VITAMIN-B6 and was produced using the same data processing methodologies, based on the NJOY-94.66 data processing system.
  
MATJEF22.BOLIB /1/ in MATXS format (NEA-1740/01) and VITJEF22.BOLIB /5/ in AMPX format (NEA-1699/01) are twin libraries produced in ENEA-Bologna and derived from the same set of cross section files in GENDF format, obtained from NJOY-94.66.
  
MATJEF22.BOLIB is a pseudo-problem-independent library based on the Bondarenko /6/ (f-factor) method for the treatment of neutron resonance self-shielding and temperature effects. The library contains 133 nuclides at 4 temperatures, obtained for the most part with 6 to 8 values for the background cross section.
Thermal scattering cross sections were processed at all temperatures available in the JEF-2.2 thermal scattering law data file for 5 additional bound nuclides (H-1 in light water (H-H2O), H-1 in polyethylene (H-CH2), H-2 in heavy water (H2-D2O), C in graphite (C-GPH) and Be in beryllium metal (Be-TH)).
  
From MATJEF22.BOLIB it is possible to generate easily, through further proper data processing with the TRANSX /7/ code, working libraries of self-shielded cross sections in various formats (including FIDO-ANISN) to be used in transport calculations with the DANTSYS, DOORS and MORSE systems.
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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME
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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES
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8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

The PSR-0317 TRANSX 2.15 code is needed to produce collapsed and self-shielded cross section working libraries for the specific applications.
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
NEA-1740/01 20-MAY-2009 Tested at NEADB
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10. REFERENCES

/1/ M. Pescarini, R. Orsi, T. Martinelli, A.I. Blokhin and V. Sinitsa: MATJEF22.BOLIB - A JEF-2.2 Multigroup Coupled (199n + 42 gamma) Cross Section Library in MATXS Format for Nuclear Fission Applications, ENEA Internal Report FIS-P815-007, June 6, 2004.
  
/2/ The JEF-2.2 Nuclear Data Library, JEFF Report 17, OECD/NEA Data Bank, April 2000.
  
/3/ R.E. MacFarlane, D.W. Muir, The NJOY Nuclear Data Processing System, Version 94.66, Los Alamos National Laboratory, December 19, 1996. Available from OECD/NEA Data Bank as PSR-0355 NJOY.
  
/4/ J.E. White, D.T. Ingersoll, R.Q. Wright, H.T. Hunter, C.O. Slater, N.M. Greene, R.E. MacFarlane, R.W. Roussin, Production and Testing of the Revised VITAMIN-B6 Fine-Group and the BUGLE-96 Broad-Group Neutron/Photon Cross-Section Libraries Derived from ENDF/B-VI.3 Nuclear Data, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NUREG/CR-6214, Revision 1, ORNL-6795/R1, 1996. Available from OECD/NEA Data Bank as DLC-0184 ZZ-VITAMIN-B6.
  
/5/ M. Pescarini, R. Orsi, T. Martinelli, A.I. Blokhin and V. Sinitsa: VITJEF22.BOLIB - A JEF-2.2 Multigroup Coupled (199n + 42 gamma) Cross Section Library in AMPX Format for Nuclear Fission Applications, ENEA Internal Report FIS-P815-001, April 16, 2003.
     
/6/ I.I. Bondarenko, M.N. Nikolaev, L.P. Abagyan, N.O. Bazaziants, Group Constants for Nuclear Reactors Calculations, published by Consultants Bureau, New York, 1964.
  
/7/ TRANSX 2.15: Code System to Produce Neutron, Photon, and Particle Transport Tables for Discrete Ordinates and Diffusion Codes from Cross Sections in MATXS Format, RSIC Collection PSR-317, February 1995.
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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:  The present package requires 220 MBytes of diskspace.
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
No specified programming language
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13. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

    M.Pescarini, R.Orsi, T.Martinelli
    ENEA
    Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment  
   "E. Clementel" Research Centre
    Bologna, Italy
  
    A.I.Blokhin, V.Sinitsa
    IPPE
    Institute of Physics and Power Engineering
    Obninsk, Russian Federation
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
NEA-1740/01
MATJEFF22.BOLIB-INFO.FIL: Information file
README: Read-me file with installation and library generalities
matxs: DIRECTORY containing the ASCII library files
fission_spectra: Directory containing prompt neutron fission spectra for U-235,
U-238, Pu-239 and data related to neutron and photon energy groups
FIS-P815-007.pdf: MATJEF22.BOLIB detailed report
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17. CATEGORIES
  • J. Gamma Heating and Shield Design
  • Z. Data

Keywords: cross sections, data library, evaluated data, multigroup.