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 24-Cr- 53 ORNL       EVAL-NOV89 SHIBATA,HETRICK,DC & NM LARSON,FU
 ORNL/TM10381,ENDF345 DIST-JAN09                     20090105     
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   DATA TAKEN FROM   :-   ENDF/B-VI.3 (DIST-JUN90)                
                                                                  
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REVISION 1 CHANGES                                                
 THE SECONDARY PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR MF=6, MT=51-63 WERE     
CORRECTED-TO-CENTER OF MASS, NOT LABORATORY COORDINATES.          
 THE ELASTIC TRANSFORMATION MATRIX WAS REMOVED.                   
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   THIS WORK EMPLOYED NUCLEAR MODEL CODES INCLUDING THE           
DISTORTED WAVE BORN APPROXIMATION (DWBA) PROGRAM DWUCK (1)        
AND THE HAUSER-FESHBACH CODE TNG (2,3,4).  THE TNG CODE PROVIDES  
ENERGY AND ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTICLES EMITTED IN THE      
COMPOUND AND PRE-COMPOUND REACTIONS, ENSURES CONSISTENCY AMONG ALL
REACTIONS, AND MAINTAINS ENERGY BALANCE. DETAILS PERTINENT TO THE 
CONTENTS OF THIS EVALUATION AND COMPARISONS OF CALCULATIONS       
WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA CAN BE FOUND IN REFERENCES (5) AND (6).    
                                                                  
----- DESCRIPTION OF FILES                                        
(MF-MT)                                                           
  1-451 GENERAL INFORMATION, REFERENCES, AND DEFINITIONS.         
  2-151 RESONANCE PARAMETERS;  USED TO PROVIDE THE TOTAL,         
        SCATTERING, AND CAPTURE CROSS SECTIONS FROM 1.E-5 EV TO   
        200 KEV.  THE RESONANCE PARAMETERS ARE TAKEN PRIMARILY    
        FROM REF.(7) WITH HELP FROM BRUSEGAN ET AL. (PRIVATE      
        COMM., 1988).  ADJUSTING OF REF. (7) PARAMETERS WAS DONE  
        AND A BACKGROUND FILE GIVEN IN 3/1 TO REPRODUCE DATA OF   
        REF. (9).                                                 
        NOTE THAT THE FLAG HAS BEEN SET TO ALLOW USER CALCULATION 
        OF THE ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE R-M RESONANCE       
        PARAMETERS, IF THE USER WANTS ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS ON    
        A FINER ENERGY GRID THAN GIVEN IN 4/2.                    
  3-1   TOTAL CROSS SECTION; GIVEN BY RESONANCE PARAMETERS UP TO  
        200 KEV WITH NEGATIVE ENERGY RESONANCES ADJUSTED TO GIVE  
        MEASURED THERMAL SCATTERING AND CAPTURE CROSS SECTIONS.   
        A BACKGROUND FILE WAS REQUIRED FROM 20-200 KEV.           
        ABOVE 200 KEV, ISOTOPIC DATA USED TO 4.0 MEV (REF. (9))   
        AND FROM 4.0-20.0 MEV HIGH RESOLUTION                     
        NAT CR TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS WERE USED                
        (D.C. LARSON, J.A. HARVEY, AND N.W. HILL, PRIVATE         
        COMM., 1988; DATA AVAILABLE AT NNDC).                     
  3-2   ELASTIC SCATTERING CROSS SECTIONS WERE OBTAINED BY        
        SUBTRACTING THE NONELASTIC FROM THE TOTAL                 
  3-3   NONELASTIC CROSS SECTION; SUM OF 3-4, 3-16, 3-22,         
        3-28, 3-102, 3-103, AND 3-107.                            
  3-4   TOTAL INELASTIC CROSS SECTION; SUM OF 3-51, 3-52, ..      
        .., 3-63, AND 3-91                                        
  3-16  (N,2N) CROSS SECTIONS WERE CALCULATED BY THE TNG          
        CODE (2,3,4,5).  NO DATA AVAILABLE; HOWEVER, SEE REF (6)  
        FOR COMPARISON TO NAT CR(N,2N) DATA.                      
  3-22  (N,NA) CROSS SECTIONS WERE CALCULATED BY THE TNG          
        CODE (2,3,4,5).  NO DATA AVAILABLE.                       
  3-28  (N,NP) CROSS SECTIONS WERE CALCULATED BY THE TNG          
        CODE (2,3,4,5).  SPARSE DATA AVAILABLE DISCREPANT.        
  3-51 TO 3-63 INELASTIC SCATTERING EXCITING LEVELS; RESULTS ARE  
        FROM TNG (2,3,4,5) WHICH INCLUDES DIRECT INTERACTION      
        CROSS SECTIONS FROM DWUCK (1) CALCULATIONS.  COMPARISONS  
        TO MEASURED DATA SHOWN IN (5).                            
  3-91  INELASTIC SCATTERING EXCITING THE CONTINUUM (TNG          
        CALCULATED).  GUIDANCE FROM (N,XN) EMISSION DATA (6).     
  3-102 (N,G) CAPTURE CROSS SECTION; GIVEN BY RESONANCE PARAMETERS
        UP TO 200 KEV AND FROM 200 KEV TO 20 MEV, TNG CALC'S      
        WERE USED BUT NORMALIZED TO MEASURED AVE. CAPTURE BETWEEN 
        50 KEV AND 200 KEV.  TNG CALCULATIONS INCLUDED A PRE-     
        COMPOUND COMPONENT AND WEIGHTED CROSS SECTIONS FROM ALL   
        ISOTOPES OF CR GIVE 0.82 MB AT 14.5 MEV, IN AGREEMENT WITH
        MEASUREMENT OF 0.75 MB FOR NAT CR.                        
  3-103 (N,P) CROSS SECTIONS WERE CALCULATED BY THE TNG           
        CODE (2,3,4,5), BUT ADJUSTED BETWEEN EN OF 5.5 TO 10 MEV  
        TO FIT THE DATA OF SMITH ET AL. (8).                      
  3-107 (N,A) CROSS SECTIONS WERE CALCULATED BY THE               
        TNG CODE (2,3,4,5).  NO DATA AVAILABLE.                   
  4-2   ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS OF SECONDARY NEUTRONS GIVEN FOR     
        ELASTIC SCATTERING ARE FROM ENDF/B-V.                     
        IF DESIRED, ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS CAN BE CALCULATED BY    
        THE USER ON A FINER ENERGY GRID FROM THE R-M RESONANCE    
        PARAMETERS IN 2/151.                                      
  6-16  (N,2N) REACTION; INCLUDES SIMPLE CONSTANT YIELDS FOR THE  
        NEUTRON AND 52CR RESIDUAL, AND ENERGY DEPENDENT YIELD     
        BASED ON TNG CALCULATED GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA FOR THE GAMMA   
        RAY; TNG CALCULATED NORMALIZED DISTRIBUTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR
        EACH PRODUCT.  ISOTROPY IS ASSUMED.                       
  6-22  (N,NA) REACTION; INCLUDES SIMPLE CONSTANT YIELDS FOR THE  
        NEUTRON, ALPHA, AND 49TI RESIDUAL, AND ENERGY DEPENDENT   
        YIELD BASED ON TNG CALCULATED GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA FOR THE   
        GAMMA RAY; CALCULATED NORMALIZED DISTRIBUTIONS ARE GIVEN  
        FOR EACH PRODUCT.  ISOTROPY IS ASSUMED.                   
  6-28  (N,NP) REACTION; INCLUDES SIMPLE CONSTANT YIELDS FOR THE  
        NEUTRON AND 52V RESIDUAL, AND ENERGY DEPENDENT YIELD      
        BASED ON TNG CALCULATED GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA FOR THE GAMMA   
        RAY; CALCULATED NORMALIZED DISTRIBUTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR    
        EACH PRODUCT.  ISOTROPY IS ASSUMED.                       
  6-51 THROUGH 6-63 INELASTIC SCATTERING EXCITING LEVELS;         
        ASSUMED ISOTROPIC.                                        
  6-91  INELASTIC SCATTERING EXCITING THE CONTINUUM; INCLUDES     
        SIMPLE CONSTANT YIELDS FOR THE NEUTRON AND 53CR           
        RESIDUAL AND ENERGY DEPENDENT YIELD BASED ON TNG          
        CALCULATED GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA FOR THE GAMMA RAY; TNG       
        CALCULATED NORMALIZED DISTRIBUTIONS ARE GIVEN             
        FOR EACH.  ISOTROPY IS ASSUMED.                           
  6-103 (N,P) REACTION; INCLUDES SIMPLE CONSTANT YIELDS FOR P     
        AND 53V RESIDUAL, AND ENERGY DEPENDENT YIELD BASED        
        ON CALCULATED GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA FOR GAMMA RAY;            
        CALCULATED NORMALIZED DISTRIBUTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR EACH    
        PRODUCT.  ISOTROPY IS ASSUMED.                            
  6-107 (N,A) REACTION; INCLUDES SIMPLE CONSTANT YIELDS FOR A     
        AND 50TI RESIDUAL, AND ENERGY DEPENDENT YIELD BASED       
        ON CALCULATED GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA FOR GAMMA RAY;            
        CALCULATED NORMALIZED DISTRIBUTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR EACH    
        PRODUCT.  ISOTROPY IS ASSUMED.                            
 12-51 THROUGH 12-63 BRANCHING RATIOS FOR THE LEVELS, COMPILED    
        BY SHIBATA AND HETRICK (5), ARE GIVEN.                    
 12-102 (N,G) CAPTURE;  TNG CALCULATED.                           
 14-51 THROUGH 14-58 AND 14-102 GAMMA RAY ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS   
        ASSUMED TO BE ISOTROPIC.                                  
 15-102 (N,G) CAPTURE;  TNG CALCULATED.                           
                                                                  
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            UNCERTAINTY FILES                                     
        AN LB=8 SECTION IS INCLUDED FOR ALL NON-DERIVED FILES AS  
        REQUIRED BY ENDF/B-VI.                                    
                                                                  
 33-1   UNCERTAINTIES ARE DERIVED FROM 1.E-5 TO 10 EV.  FROM 10   
        EV TO 20 MEV THEY ARE EXPLICIT, USING LB=0,1 AND 8.       
 33-2   FROM 1.E-5 TO 10 EV, UNCERTAINTIES ARE EXPLICIT, BASED    
        UPON THERMAL UNCERTAINTY AND OTHER DATA.  FROM 10 EV TO   
        20 MEV THE FILES ARE DERIVED.                             
 33-3   FROM 1.E-5 TO 200 KEV UNCERTAINTIES ARE DERIVED.  FROM 200
        KEV TO 20 MEV UNCERTAINTIES ARE EXPLICIT, USING LB=1 AND 8
 33-4   UNCERTAINTIES ARE ALL DERIVED.                            
 33-16  UNCERTAINTIES FOR (N,2N) ARE EXPLICIT, ESTIMATED FROM TNG 
 33-22  UNCERTAINTIES FOR (N,NA) ARE EXPLICIT, ESTIMATED FROM TNG 
 33-28  UNCERTAINTIES FOR (N,NP) ARE EXPLICIT, ESTIMATED FROM TNG 
 33-51-91  UNCERTAINTIES FOR INELASTIC SCATTERING ARE EXPLICIT,   
           BASED ON DATA AND CALCULATION UNCERTAINTIES.           
 33-102 UNCERTAINTIES ARE EXPLICIT, BASED ON THERMAL DATA AT LOW  
        ENERGIES, AND CALCULATED RESULTS ABOVE 200 KEV.           
 33-103 UNCERTAINTIES ESTIMATED FROM TNG.                         
 33-107 UNCERTAINTIES ESTIMATED FROM TNG.                         
                                                                  
 REFERENCES:                                                      
 (1) P.D. KUNZ, "DISTORTED WAVE CODE DWUCK72," UNIV. OF           
     COLORADO, UNPUBLISHED (1972).                                
 (2) C.Y. FU, "A CONSISTENT NUCLEAR MODEL FOR COMPOUND AND        
     PRECOMPOUND REACTIONS WITH CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR           
     MOMENTUM," ORNL/TM-7042 (1980) AND NSE 100, 61 (1988).       
 (3) C.Y FU, "DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF MULTI-STEP           
     HAUSER-FESHBACH/PRE-EQUILIBRIUM MODEL THEORY," SYMP.         
     NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS FROM 10 TO 50 MEV, UPTON, N.Y.,       
     MAY 12-14,1980, BNL-NCS-51425, P 675, BROOKHAVEN             
     NATIONAL LAB.                                                
 (4) K. SHIBATA AND C.Y. FU, "RECENT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TNG      
     STATISTICAL MODEL CODE", ORNL/TM-10093 (AUGUST, 1986).       
 (5) K. SHIBATA AND D.M. HETRICK, "CALCULATED NEUTRON             
     -INDUCED CROSS SECTIONS FOR 53CR FROM 1 TO 20 MEV,"          
     ORNL/TM-10381, ENDF-345 (1987).                              
 (6) D.M. HETRICK, C.Y. FU, AND D.C. LARSON, "CALCULATED NEUTRON  
     -INDUCED CROSS SECTIONS FOR 52CR FROM 1 TO 20 MEV AND        
     COMPARISONS WITH EXPERIMENT," ORNL/TM-10417,ENDF-346 (1987). 
 (7) A. BRUSEGAN, R. BUYL, F.CORVI, L. MEWISSEN, F.POORTMANS,     
     G. ROHR, R. SHELLEY, T. VAN DER VEEN, I. VAN MARCKE, "HIGH   
     RESOLUTION NEUTRON CAPTURE AND TOTAL CROSS SECTION           
     MEASUREMENTS OF 50CR, 52CR, AND 53CR," PROC. OF INT. CONF AT 
     SANTA FE, NM, PP. 633-640 (MAY 13-17, 1985).                 
 (8) D.L. SMITH, J.W. MEADOWS, AND F.F. PORTA, NUCL. SCI. ENG.,   
     78(4), 420-424 (1981).                                       
 (9) J.A. HARVEY, PRIVATE COMMUNICATION OF ORELA 53CR+N DATA,1988.
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